As the state’s Republican Party faces a heated primary season, The Texas Tribune wants to hear from young conservatives about the present and future of their party.
Bobby Blanchard
Bobby Blanchard joined The Texas Tribune’s audience team in 2016 and led the team from 2021 to 2023, strategizing to expand the organization’s reach and engagement across all platforms. A graduate of UT-Austin, Bobby spent his first year out of college at The Dallas Morning News as a reporting fellow, covering Texas politics and breaking news. He got his start in journalism in the poorly lit basement of The Daily Texan, followed by internships at the Houston Chronicle, KUT News and the Tribune. Born and raised in the Houston area, Bobby is a native Texan.
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2017 Year in Review
In 2017, news never stopped. Here are our most-read Texas stories this year.
This year, Texas lawmakers met for an explosive legislative session that nearly ended in blows, the governor called an ambitious special session, a hurricane ravaged the coast and scandals rocked the state’s members of Congress.
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2017 Year in Review
Can you tell these fake Texas news stories from the real ones? Take our quiz to find out.
The furor over fake news showed no signs of slowing down in 2017. Take our quiz to see how good you are at identifying falsehoods.
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Texas Elections 2018
Watch Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez speak as she files to run for Texas governor
Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez announced Wednesday morning she would file to run for Texas governor at the Texas Democratic Party’s headquarters in Austin. Watch her make her campaign official and address the press.
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The Brief: What Ted Cruz and John Cornyn have to say about Roy Moore
After The Washington Post published a report Thursday alleging U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore of Alabama sought sexual encounters with underage girls decades ago, his would-be colleagues from Texas are facing tough questions.
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Criminal Justice
Air Force: Shooter who killed 26 in Texas church should not have been allowed to buy guns
The Air Force has released a statement that it failed to report Devin Kelley’s domestic violence conviction to a national database used to screen firearms buyers.
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Speaker Straus won’t run for re-election. Watch him address the press.
Texas House Speaker Joe Straus, a San Antonio Republican, is not running for re-election. Watch Straus address the media about his decision to not run again.
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Politics
Texas officials respond to shooting in Las Vegas that left at least 50 dead
After a gunman opened fire on a crowd of concert attendees at a country music festival in Las Vegas, Texas officials condemned the violence while offering condolences and prayers.
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The Brief: More than 50 dead in Las Vegas in deadliest U.S. mass shooting in modern history
More than 50 are dead in Las Vegas after a gunman fired on a crowd of music festival attendees outside a resort in Las Vegas, making it the deadliest mass shooting in modern United States history according to the Associated Press.
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Watch our community forum on race and justice at The Texas Tribune Festival
We are kicking off the 2017 Texas Tribune Festival with a free, open-to-the-public community forum on race and justice. Join MSNBC’s Chris Hayes and Slate’s Jamelle Bouie for a community forum on race and justice at 1 p.m.
