The Brief: Sept. 30, 2013
Nine programming tracks, 150 speakers and 45 events — oh, and a looming government shutdown — made for a weekend of high political drama in Texas. Full Story
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TribuneFest: A Conversation With Wendy Davis
Full video of my one-on-one with state Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, at the 2013 Texas Tribune Festival. Full Story
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TribuneFest: Davis on Running for Governor
At the 2013 Texas Tribune Festival, state Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, gave the clearest indication yet of why and how she'd run for governor. Full Story
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Liveblog: Keynote Speakers at The Texas Tribune Festival
We liveblogged The 2013 Texas Tribune Festival's Keynote track, which included conversations with U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz and state Sen. Wendy Davis, a talk on the Tea Party's goals and a session on efforts to turn Texas blue. Read the highlights here. Full Story
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Mayoral Hopefuls Focus on Growth, Not Potential for Groundbreaking Win
Two minority candidates are considered front-runners in the race to be the next mayor of Midland, which has never had a non-Anglo mayor. Full Story
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TribuneFest: A Conversation With Ted Cruz
Full video of my one-on-one with U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz at the 2013 Texas Tribune Festival. Full Story
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TribuneFest: Anita Perry on Abortion Rights
At the 2013 Texas Tribune Festival, first lady Anita Perry described the decision to have an abortion as "a woman's right." Full Story
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Anita Perry: By Law, Abortion "Could Be a Woman's Right"
Texas first lady Anita Perry said Saturday that while there’s no daylight between her and her husband on abortion, it's not her job to judge women who undergo the procedure under state law. Full Story
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Liveblog: Energy at The Texas Tribune Festival
We liveblogged The 2013 Texas Tribune Festival's Energy track, which featured panel discussions on regulation, the shale boom, energy efficiency and the fight over electricity. Read the highlights here. Full Story
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Liveblog: Transportation at The Tribune Festival
We're liveblogging this weekend from The Texas Tribune Festival's Transportation track, which features panel discussions on planning, high-speed rail, road funding and rural transportation. Full Story
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TribuneFest: Cruz on Cornyn
At the 2013 Texas Tribune Festival, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz discussed his relationship with his fellow Texan, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn — and explained why he wouldn't be endorsing him. Full Story
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Liveblog: Environment at The Texas Tribune Festival
We're liveblogging this weekend from The Texas Tribune Festival's Environment track, which features panel discussions on the West fertilizer plant explosion, water, the future of parks and the fight over climate change. Full Story
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Liveblog: Health Care at The Texas Tribune Festival
We have liveblogged each session of The 2013 Texas Tribune Festival's Health Care track, which featured panel discussions on the Affordable Care Act, Medicaid, new developments coming out of Texas, and abortion and women's health. Full Story
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Liveblog: Criminal Justice at The Texas Tribune Festival
We're liveblogging this weekend from The Texas Tribune Festival's Criminal Justice track, which includes panels on guilt and innocence, juvenile justice, guns, and a one-on-one conversation with Attorney General Greg Abbott. Full Story
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Liveblog: Higher Ed at The Tribune Festival
We have liveblogged each of the sessions in The 2013 Texas Tribune Festival's Higher Education track. Sessions included panel discussions on the future of higher education in the state, what's happening at non-flagship universities, governance and the role of regents, and the fight over paying student-athletes. Full Story
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Liveblog: Public Ed at The Texas Tribune Festival
We have liveblogged each of the sessions from The 2013 Texas Tribune Festival's Public Education track, which featured panel discussions on early childhood education, charter schools, innovations in teaching and public education reform. Full Story
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Liveblog: Immigration at The Texas Tribune Festival
We have liveblogged each of the sessions from The 2013 Texas Tribune Festival's Immigration track. The sessions included panels on immigration reform, Latinos and the Republican Party, securing the border, and the Voting Rights Act. Full Story
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Simpson Raises Concerns About Transparency Committee
State Rep. David Simpson, R-Longview, is not a member of the House Select Committee on Transparency in State Agency Operations, but he attended its last meeting — and was bothered by what he saw. Full Story
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The Playlist: Green Eggs and Ham
In honor of the book U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz read during his more than 21-hour speech in opposition to Obamacare, we begin our weekly news-inspired playlist with "Green Eggs and Ham" by the original Broadway cast of Seussical the Musical. Full Story
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Newsreel: Long Talks, Resignations and a Seuss-Off
In this edition of the Texas Weekly Newsreel: U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz talks and talks, state Rep. Bill Callegari won't seek another term, Judge Ken Anderson resigns and a poetry reading. Full Story
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