Late last night we finally posted the 2016 Texas Tribune Festival program — the best three days of panel discussions and one-on-one conversations since our first gathering of big names and big brains back in 2011.
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Ryan Sitton on Oil Prices, Regulation, Trump (Video)
Here’s full video of our June 3 conversation in Austin with Texas Railroad Commissioner Ryan Sitton.
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Higher Education
A Conversation About Higher Education Funding (Video)
Full video of our 5/26 conversation with state Sen Kel Seliger, R-Amarillo, the chairman of the Senate Higher Education Committee, and state Senator Kirk Watson, D-Austin, a member of the committtee and its former vice chairman.
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Health care
Do We Have Enough Doctors? (Video)
Full video of our 5/19 conversation with Rice University’s Vivian Ho, Med2You’s Thomas Kim, Jonathan Macclements of the Dell Medical School and Elena Marks of the Episcopal Health Foundation.
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Public Education
Mike Morath on School Finance, Bathrooms, STAAR (Video)
Check out the full video of our May 17 conversation with Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath.
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Economy
Video: A Conversation with Glenn Hegar
At our 4/29 symposium on the Texas economy, I talked with Comptroller of Public Accounts Glenn Hegar about the price of oil, economic incentives, taxes, spending, Texas vs. D.C., and more.
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Economy
Video: A Conversation about the Business Climate
At our 4/29 symposium on the Texas economy, I talked about the state’s business climate with state Sen. Konni Burton, R-Colleyville, Bill Hammond of the Texas Association of Business, Greg LeRoy of Good Jobs First, and state Rep. Jason Villalba, R-Dallas.
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Economy
Video: A Conversation about Taxes
At our 4/29 symposium on the Texas economy, the Houston Chronicle’s Chris Tomlinson talked about taxes with state Sen. Paul Bettencourt, R-Houston, 2014 Democratic candidate for comptroller Mike Collier, state Rep. Dennis Bonnen, R-Angleton, and Dale Craymer of the Texas Taxpayers and Research Association.
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Economy
Video: A Conversation about the State Budget
At our 4/29 symposium on the Texas economy, Ross Ramsey talked about the state budget and spending with state Sens. Larry Taylor, R-Friendswood, and Sylvia Garcia, D-Houston, and state Reps. John Otto, R-Dayton, and Donna Howard, D-Austin.
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T-Squared
T-Squared: Our Spring Membership Drive Starts … Now
It’s the first day of our spring membership drive, a great time — maybe the best time — to support our nonprofit, nonpartisan digital news organization.