The keynote track at the 2014 Texas Tribune Festival featured interviews with several Texas elected officials and candidates, as well as a pair of panel discussions. Listen to audio of each session.
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Newsreel: Disease and Debates
This week in the Newsreel: A confirmed case of Ebola in Dallas is testing the state’s public health emergency response system. Also, the nominees for governor and lieutenant governor debated.
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Politics
Gubernatorial Poll: Abbott Leads Davis by 9 Points
Republican gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott leads his Democratic opponent, Wendy Davis, by 9 percentage points, 49 percent to 40 percent, according to the latest Texas Lyceum poll, released Wednesday.
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Energy
The Brief: Oct. 1, 2014
An airline passenger who was traveling to Dallas to visit relatives has become the first case of an Ebola infection in the U.S. The diagnosis, which was announced Tuesday afternoon, had federal and state officials trying to allay fears of an outbreak of the disease in this country.
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State Government
Notes From the Middle Seat: 24 Questions
Republican Dan Patrick and Democrat Leticia Van de Putte were asked 10 questions in Monday’s debate. But there had been more waiting for them. Here’s a look at the questions that didn’t fit into the hourlong debate.
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Energy
The Brief: Sept. 30, 2014
The major party nominees for governor — Republican Greg Abbott and Democrat Wendy Davis — hold their second and final debate tonight in Dallas. The smart money is on an encounter similar to the first one held 11 days ago in Edinburg.
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In Debate, Patrick, Van de Putte Spar Over Taxes
In the only scheduled debate in their race for lieutenant governor, state Sens. Dan Patrick and Leticia Van de Putte faced off on Monday night in a lively exchange that displayed divergent positions.
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Politics
Video: Lt. Gov. Candidates Patrick, Van de Putte Debate
Full video of the 9/29 debate between the major party candidates for Texas lieutenant governor: state Sens. Dan Patrick, R-Houston, and Leticia Van de Putte, D-San Antonio.
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Patrick, Van de Putte Set to Take Stage for Their Only Scheduled Debate
State Sens. Dan Patrick and Leticia Van de Putte, who are running for lieutenant governor, are taking part in an hourlong debate Monday evening, the only such forum scheduled in their race.
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The Brief: Sept. 29, 2014
Dan Patrick and Leticia Van de Putte meet tonight for what’s expected to be the only debate between the major party nominees for lieutenant governor.
