On this week’s TribCast, Alexa talks with Evan, Matthew and Alex about the results and implications of the primary runoff elections and how voting went in the first statewide election during the coronavirus pandemic.
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TribCast is a weekly political podcast, hosted by Matthew Watkins and Eleanor Klibanoff, and featuring a rotating list of guests that includes politicians, policy experts and Texas Tribune journalists.
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TribCast: Mask orders, convention drama and the road ahead for reopening schools
On this week’s TribCast, Alexa talks to Matthew, Cassi and Aliyya about the governor’s mask order, the politics of canceling political conventions and challenges ahead for reopening schools.
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TribCast: Early voting begins as coronavirus surges in Texas and a debate over sex ed curriculum
In this edition of TribCast, Emma talks to Matthew, Aliyya and Ross about the state’s latest efforts to mitigate spread of the new coronavirus, and the State Board of Education’s ongoing debate over Texas’ sex ed curriculum.
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TribCast: Masks for businesses, reopening schools and pandemic voting
On this week’s TribCast, Alexa talks to Matthew, Aliyya and Ross about mask requirements for businesses, what school reopenings could mean for students and parents, and what we’re watching for during the upcoming election.
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TribCast: COVID-19 record highs, foster children in harm’s way and a victory for LGBTQ workers
On this week’s TribCast, Alexa talks to Matthew, Emma and Shannon about record high coronavirus cases and hospitalizations, a damning report of Texas foster care and a Supreme Court ruling on protections for LGBTQ workers.
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TribCast: Racism and the Texas GOP and reform after George Floyd’s death
On this week’s TribCast, Alexa talks to Matthew, Jolie and Ross about racist social media posts by GOP officials, and the group forecasts the possibility for policy reform in the aftermath of Floyd’s death.
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TribCast: How Texas is mourning George Floyd and protesting police brutality
On this week’s TribCast, Alexa talks to Matthew, Alex, Ross and Miguel about how Texas is mourning George Floyd and protesting police brutality, and the group does a quick elections check-in.
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TribCast: How to vote in a pandemic and Texas’ record unemployment rate
On this week’s TribCast, Alexa talks to Matthew, Emma and Ross about the state’s recently released guidance for the upcoming elections, the reopening of water parks and the economic devastation faced by Texas workers.
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TribCast: Bars are back, but questions remain on child care and voting by mail in a pandemic
In this week’s TribCast, Alexa talks to Matthew, Aliyya and Ross about the latest reopenings in Texas amid missed benchmarks, child care complications for low-income parents and swirling voting-by-mail questions.
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TribCast: The “don’t do as I say” coronavirus edition
On this week’s TribCast, Alexa talks to Ross, Emma and Matthew about the governor’s move to pull back on the enforcement of his executive orders related to the coronavirus pandemic and a GOP congressional hopeful’s misleading messaging on voting by mail.
