On this week’s TribCast, Emily talks to Evan, Ross and Patrick about an unruly Texas budget fight, the relocation of AG Ken Paxton’s jury trial, and a warm and fuzzy photo of often-at-odds state leaders.
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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Liquor regulators, Perry and the A&M election (podcast)
On this week’s TribCast, Emily talks to Evan, Jay and Ross about liquor regulators partying on the taxpayer dime, Energy Secretary Rick Perry’s high interest in a historic Texas A&M student body election and the likelihood of a special legislative session.
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Budget priorities, local control and school choice (podcast)
On this week’s TribCast, Emily talks to Evan, Patrick and Aman about Gov. Greg Abbott’s budget priorities, his comments on local control, the school choice drama in the Legislature and AG Ken Paxton’s concerns about Muslim prayer in a public school.
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Bathrooms, House-Senate tension and school finance (podcast)
On this week’s TribCast, Emily talks to Evan, Ross and Patrick about the overnight “bathroom bill” hearing, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s tense relationship with the Texas House and a House plan to infuse Texas public schools with more cash.
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School choice, same-sex marriage benefits (podcast)
On this week’s TribCast, Emily talks to Evan, Patrick and Alexa about the debate over school choice in the Texas Legislature, the fight over same-sex marriage benefits before the Texas Supreme Court and surreptitious video recordings in the Texas House.
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The latest UT/TT poll, Trump’s bathroom guidance, congressional town halls (podcast)
On this week’s TribCast, Emily talks to Evan, Ross and Patrick about the details of the latest UT/TT poll, President Trump’s plans to pull back federal transgender bathroom guidelines and the flap over congressional town hall meetings.
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Child sex-trafficking, budget woes and Abbott vs. the NFL (podcast)
On this week’s TribCast, Emily talks to Evan, Ross and Morgan about Sold Out, the Tribune’s child sex-trafficking project; Gov. Greg Abbott’s war of words with the NFL; and whether state lawmakers will tap into the Rainy Day Fund.
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“Sanctuary” cities, Syrian refugees and stolen jerseys (podcast)
On this week’s TribCast, Emily talks to Alexa, Aman and Patrick about the hunt for Tom Brady’s missing jersey, the Texas Senate’s fight over “sanctuary” cities and Syrian refugees arriving in Texas amid President Trump’s travel ban.
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Trump’s wall, sanctuary cities and voter fraud (podcast)
On this week’s TribCast, Emily talks to Evan, Ross and Jim about Donald Trump’s latest pronouncements, Greg Abbott’s sanctuary cities threat and the Castro brothers’ political futures.
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Welcome to the 85th Legislature (podcast)
On this week’s TribCast, Emily talks to Evan, Ross and Aman about the start of the 85th Texas Legislature: the Speaker’s race, a smaller-than-usual budget and the lieutenant governor’s priorities.
