On this week’s Texas Tribune TribCast, Emily talks to Emma, Patrick and Alexa about a nasty fight in the Texas Senate, Beto O’Rourke’s self-described “funk” and the legal debate over a citizenship question in the 2020 census.
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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: Texas inaugurations and big ideas for education
On this week’s TribCast, Ross talks to Alex, Aliyya and Patrick about the inaugurations of Greg Abbott and Dan Patrick, proposed state budgets with big money for schools and the first Texan to enter the 2020 presidential race.
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TribCast: Here comes the Texas Lege
On this week’s TribCast, Emily talks to Evan, Ross and Patrick about the lead-up to the 2019 Texas legislative session, the state’s new arrivals to Congress and the latest presidential buzz out of Texas.
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TribCast: Lewd texts and school finance scuttlebutt
On this week’s TribCast, Emily talks to Ross, Emma and Patrick about the pre-session school finance scuttlebutt, a big Obamacare ruling out of Texas and a state senator facing allegations he sent lewd texts.
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TribCast: Beto for President?
On this week’s TribCast, Emily talks to Evan, Shannon and Edgar about the Beto O’Rourke and Julián Castro presidential buzz, civil asset forfeiture in Texas and politicians wining and dining in Texas universities’ football suites.
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TribCast: Bush’s legacy, Confederate monuments and segregated public schools
On this week’s TribCast, Emily talks to Ross, Alexa and Aliyya about George H.W. Bush’s legacy in Texas, the Trib’s recent project on desegregation efforts in Texas public schools and the future of a Confederate plaque in the Texas Capitol.
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TribCast: The Beto O’Rourke 2020 boomlet; will Ken Paxton’s prosecutors get paid?
On this week’s TribCast, Patrick talks to Aman, Emma and Cassi about the 2020 presidential buzz surrounding Beto O’Rourke, the latest in the securities fraud case against Ken Paxton and the debate over a Confederate plaque at the state Capitol.
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TribCast: What does a Dennis Bonnen speakership look like?
On this week’s TribCast, Emily talks to Ross, Matthew and Cassi about the likely next speaker of the Texas House, the start of bill filing for the 2019 legislative session and an incoming Texas congressman’s stint on Saturday Night Live.
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TribCast: The Cruz-O’Rourke matchup and other top midterm election results
On this week’s TribCast, Emily talks to Evan, Ross, Patrick and two special guests — state Rep. Celia Israel and former state Rep. Larry Gonzales — about the results of the Nov. 6 elections and what they mean for the future of Texas.
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TribCast: UT/TT pollsters on the elections, Trump, immigration and #MeToo
On this special edition of the TribCast, Ross talks to Daron Shaw, Jim Henson and Josh Blank of the University of Texas at Austin — the pollsters behind the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll — about the election, the president, immigration, #MeToo and more.
