For our new demography beat, we’ve hired one of our favorite and most feared colleagues from the Capitol press corps: former Austin American-Statesman reporter and current Reuters national correspondent Corrie MacLaggan.
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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T-Squared
T-Squared: Meet the Newest Trib Reporters
We’re so pleased to introduce you to our latest hires: Jim Malewitz, who’ll be covering energy for us, and Neena Satija, our new reporter on the environment. Together they’ll step into Kate Galbraith’s hard-to-fill shoes.
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State Government
LIVE: Perry Addresses National Right to Life Convention
Watch live as Gov. Rick Perry addresses the National Right to Life convention in Dallas. He’s scheduled to go on at about 10:30 a.m.
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Health care
Filibuster Launches Davis Onto National Stage
State Sen. Wendy Davis is no stranger to making legislative headlines. But Tuesday night’s marathon abortion filibuster propelled the Fort Worth Democrat into the national spotlight.
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Politics
Abbott Releases Bio Video on “Perseverance”
In a new video biography narrated by former U.S. Sen. Fred Thompson, Attorney General Greg Abbott — widely believed to be running for governor — talks about the accident that paralyzed him.
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State Government
Anti-Fraud Unit Would Be Hobbled by Funding Cut, Director Says
Gov. Rick Perry would deal a “huge blow” to prosecutors who handle public fraud and corruption cases if he carries out a threat to end state funding for the state’s public integrity unit, the unit’s director said.
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State Government
Some Lawmakers Make Sure to Look Out for No. 1
Call it the self-preservation society. When push comes to shove, some members of the Texas Legislature are adamant that their elective offices should come with some special protections.
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Politics
Comptroller Susan Combs Won’t Seek Re-election
Comptroller Susan Combs announced Wednesday that she will not seek re-election and that she is retiring from public office at the end of her term.
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Bidness As Usual
Lawmaker Transparency Bills Got Little Traction
Lawmakers talked a big game about improving transparency this session, but when push came to shove, they did next to nothing to advance it.
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Economy
This Session, Lawmakers Put Down Their Swords
If Texas’ less-than-theatrical 83rd legislative session is remembered at all, it will be known for accords, not discord. Here’s a look at top storylines from this session and what they could portend for the future.
