On this week’s TribCast, Emily talks to Evan, Ross and Patrick about what’s in store for the impending legislative session — including what services may be on the chopping block in the biennial budget.
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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2016 Year in Review
Listen to the top TribCasts of 2016
For those of us who look forward to the TribCast each week, 2016 was the ultimate gift. Catch up with the top five episodes of the year before we ring in a 2017 full of TribCast debauchery.
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Planned Parenthood, cupcakes at Trump Tower (podcast)
On this week’s TribCast — the last of 2016 — Emily talks to Evan, Patrick and Aman about Texas kicking Planned Parenthood out of the Medicaid program and Donald Trump’s consideration of two Texas ag commissioners (one current, one former) as agriculture secretary.
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Two Texans in the Cabinet, Paxton’s Peanuts, queso on Capitol Hill
On this week’s TribCast, Emily talks to Ross, Patrick and Abby about Donald Trump’s selections of Rick Perry and Rex Tillerson to his cabinet, Ken Paxton’s battle in the “war on Christmas,” Greg Abbott’s wait-and-see approach to bathroom legislation and a fight over melted cheese in D.C.
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Tampon taxes, fetal remains, Sid Miller’s beef (podcast)
On this week’s TribCast, Emily talks to Patrick, Alexa, Jim and Julian about the state’s new rules governing fetal remains, Sid Miller’s latest turn in the headlines, bills governing taxes on tampons and the Trib’s yearlong Bordering on Insecurity Project.
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The speaker’s agenda, Trump’s Texas connections (podcast)
On this week’s TribCast, Emily talked to Evan, Ross and Patrick about House Speaker Joe Straus’ remarks at a pre-legislative symposium and the Texan behind Donald Trump’s unfounded allegations of voter fraud.
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Charlie Strong and Texans in the Trump administration (podcast)
On this week’s TribCast, Emily talks to Evan, Ross and Patrick about UT football and Charlie Strong’s potential ouster, possible Texans in the Trump administration and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s legislative priorities.
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Trump’s deportation plans, Texas bill-filing begins (podcast)
On this week’s TribCast, Emily talks to Ross, Patrick and Julian about the pre-legislative flurry of bill-filing, President-elect Trump’s vows to deport millions and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s list of priorities.
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Trump’s Texas mandate, what’s next for Democrats (podcast)
On this post-election edition of the TribCast, Emily talks to Jim, Patrick and Aman about the clear path for Texas’ Republican leaders and what’s next for the state’s Democrats.
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The post-election TribCast
On this special post-election TribCast, Emily, Evan and Ross talk to former Democratic state Sen. Leticia Van de Putte, Democratic state Rep. Donna Howard, and GOP consultants Deirdre Delisi and Brendan Steinhauser about Donald Trump’s victory.
