On this week’s TribCast, Emily talks to Evan, Ross and Patrick about the political appetite for funding Harvey repairs, A&M Chancellor John Sharp’s new gig overseeing Houston’s recovery and Ted Cruz’s — er — Twitter porn.
Emily Ramshaw
Emily Ramshaw was the editor-in-chief of The Texas Tribune from 2016 to 2020. During her tenure, the Tribune — billed “one of the nonprofit news sector’s runaway success stories” — won a Peabody Award, several national Murrow Awards and top honors from the Online News Association.
Before joining the Tribune in 2010 as one of its founding reporters, Ramshaw spent six years at The Dallas Morning News, where she broke national stories about sexual abuse inside Texas’ youth lock-ups, reported from inside a West Texas polygamist compound and uncovered “fight clubs” inside state institutions for the disabled. The Texas APME named Ramshaw its 2008 star reporter of the year. In 2016, she was named to the board of the Pulitzer Prizes.
A native of Washington, D.C., and the product of two journalist parents, Ramshaw graduated from Northwestern University in 2003 with dual degrees in journalism and American history.
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DACA, Harvey recovery and 2018 (podcast)
On this week’s TribCast, Emily talks to Evan, Julian and Patrick about the implications of President Trump’s DACA decision, where state leaders stand on tapping the Rainy Day Fund for Harvey relief and who’s running in 2018.
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In Harvey's Wake
T-Squared: With Hurricane Harvey, the professional becomes personal
Virtually everyone in our newsroom has a personal connection to this week’s coastal devastation, whether it’s a family home, a relative or a childhood vacation spot. And virtually everyone in our newsroom went straight to work this weekend.
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Confederate statues, UT’s oil cash, another Paxton in the Capitol? (podcast)
On this week’s TribCast, Emily talks to Evan, Patrick and Matthew about UT’s dark-of-night Confederate statue removal, the UT-System’s oil-rich endowment and news that the AG’s wife is considering a run for Senate.
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Sine die is nigh (podcast)
In a special live TribCast the day before the end of the special legislative session, Emily talks to Evan, Ross, Patrick and state Reps. Nicole Collier and Kevin Roberts about what lawmakers accomplished, who the winners and losers are, and the tension around a white nationalist event initially planned for College Station.
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Abbott v. Perry, school finance, impending Sine Die (podcast)
On this week’s TribCast, Emily talks to Evan, Ross and Patrick about Gov. Greg Abbott’s comparison of his accomplishments to former Gov. Rick Perry’s, whether school finance reform has a real shot in the special session, and how soon the Texas Legislature will adjourn — again.
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School choice, property taxes and abortion (podcast)
On this week’s TribCast, Emily talks to Ross, Patrick and Morgan about the special session issues the Senate is plowing through — and what the House’s coping mechanism is.
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The first week of the special legislative session (podcast)
On this week’s TribCast, Emily talks to Evan, Ross and Patrick about the kickoff of the special legislative session, what’s at stake for the state’s top leaders and what’s in store for the bathroom bill.
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New Yorker on Texas, TABC troubles, “perverted little tarts” (podcast)
On this week’s TribCast, Emily talks to Patrick, Jay and Jim about Speaker Joe Straus’ “bathroom bill” comments in the New Yorker, the TABC’s war with Spec’s and a top lobbyist’s eight-year-old comments on young women drinking at Baylor.
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Same-sex benefits, teacher pay raises and Dawnna Dukes (podcast)
On this week’s TribCast, Emily talks to Evan, Ross and Patrick about the state Supreme Court’s same-sex benefits ruling, Gov. Greg Abbott’s plan for teacher pay raises and state Rep. Dawnna Dukes’ not-guilty plea in court.
