Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan rules out raising the minimum age to buy a firearm
At the 2022 Texas Tribune Festival, the Texas House speaker also signaled willingness to consider exceptions to the state’s abortion ban. Full Story
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![Dade Phelan, Speaker of the Texas House, speaks with Evan Smith at The Texas Tribune Festival on Sept. 23, 2022 in Austin, TX.]()
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Watch Hillary Clinton speak at the 2022 Texas Tribune Festival
The former U.S. secretary of state on her progressive vision for America. Full Story
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![Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks one-on-one with Kara Swisher at The Texas Tribune Festival in Austin on Sept. 23, 2022.]()
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Republican Texas Congressman Dan Crenshaw takes aim at his own party’s “woke right” for stoking division
In an interview at The Texas Tribune Festival, Crenshaw harshly criticized extremists at both ends of the political spectrum. Full Story
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![U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Houston, speaks one-on-one with Jonathan Martin, political correspondent for the New York Times, at The Texas Tribune Festival in Austin on Sept. 23, 2022.]()
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Watch Glenn Youngkin speak at the 2022 Texas Tribune Festival
The Virginia governor on his headline-making election, his conservative policy agenda and 2024. Full Story
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Pete Buttigieg blasts Texas Republicans on handling of migrants, LGBTQ rights
At the 2022 Texas Tribune Festival, Buttigieg said the efforts of Gov. Greg Abbott and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in sending migrants to Democrat-led cities are “hurting people in order to get attention.” Full Story
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![U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg speaks at the opening keynote with Texas Tribune CEO Evan Smith at The Texas Tribune Festival on Sept. 22, 2022 in Austin, TX.]()
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Long the subject of rhetoric, migrants have now become props in political theater
A long-reliable political playbook of highlighting immigration in election season has been escalated by Govs. Greg Abbott and Ron DeSantis. Full Story
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![Dozens of migrants, including several family units, leave on a New York City-bound bus outside a shelter in El Paso on Aug. 31, 2022. The city and county of El Paso are sponsoring (to be reimbursed by FEMA) the voluntary trips to relieve pressure on local resources and shelters.]()
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New York Mayor Eric Adams slams Greg Abbott for refusing to coordinate migrant busing effort
In an interview for The Texas Tribune Festival, Adams called the Texas governor’s program shipping migrants to his city “inhumane” and “un-American.” Full Story
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Watch Cecile Richards speak at the 2022 Texas Tribune Festival
The former president of Planned Parenthood on the end of Roe v. Wade and the fight for gender equity. Full Story
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Watch Pete Souza speak at the 2022 Texas Tribune Festival
The legendary presidential photographer on what he saw in the West Wing and beyond — and how to take a good picture. Full Story
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Watch Jen Psaki speak at the 2022 Texas Tribune Festival
The former White House press secretary on what it was like behind that podium and why she wants to be the one asking the questions. Full Story
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Kamala Harris to headline Texas Democratic Party fundraiser one month before midterm election
The Oct. 8 event in Austin will mark the Biden administration’s highest-profile political appearance in Texas since President Joe Biden and Harris took office. Full Story
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Watch Jason Kander speak at the 2022 Texas Tribune Festival
The Army veteran and former Missouri secretary of state on service, sacrifice and his new book. Full Story
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The 2022 Texas Tribune Festival’s free program
Here’s a look at the 2022 Texas Tribune Festival sessions that you can check out for free. Full Story
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When Texas students campaigned for a more diverse history course, they got a lesson in politics
Students had been pushing for the State Board of Education to adopt a new, more inclusive social studies curriculum this year. Instead, the board delayed their scheduled update until at least 2025. Full Story
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![Round Rock ISD student Ayaan Moledina, 13, stands outside of Canyon Vista middle school. Moledina testified for more Asian American inclusion and accurate representation of Muslim Americans. Sept. 14, 2022.]()
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As fentanyl plagues Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott directs state police to focus on cartels
Abbott directed the Department of Public Safety to boost efforts to collect intelligence on cartels and investigate gangs in Texas that support drug and human smuggling. Full Story
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![Gov. Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton hosted 12 attorneys general from around the U.S. for a border security briefing at Texas DPS regional headquarters in Weslaco on Jan. 27, 2022.]()
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Colleges would be required to be more transparent about transfer rules under new bill from U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro
The Transparency for Transfer Students Act would require all U.S. colleges and universities to post on their websites more details about their transfer policies to help more students complete degrees. Full Story
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Judge dismisses attempt to discipline Texas AG Ken Paxton’s top aide for trying to overturn the 2020 election
The State Bar of Texas brought the complaint after the aide worked on a suit to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in four states. Full Story
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton tells court not to trust Biden in Trump records case
Several other Republican attorneys general joined Paxton in bashing the Biden administration, largely over previous policy decisions they disagreed with. Full Story
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How Texas’ abortion laws turned a heartbreaking fetal diagnosis into a cross-country journey
“It was just a matter of time before the baby died, or maybe I’d have to go through the trauma of carrying to term knowing I wasn’t bringing a baby home,” said 27-year-old Lauren Hall. “I couldn’t do that.” Full Story
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![Lauren Hall stands for a portrait in the room that would have been her child’s in her home on September 10, 2022. Hall had a non-viable pregnancy and had to leave the state in order to terminate, revealing gaps in the state's miscarriage exception after Roe v. Wade was overturned.]()
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U.S. Rep. Ronny Jackson, prominent Trump ally, weighing U.S. Senate run in 2026
Jackson recently launched Spanish-language TV ads in his reelection campaign, which is not competitive, in an effort to raise his profile with Latino voters. Full Story
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![U.S. Rep. Ronny Jackson, R-Amarillo, speaks during the CPAC Texas 2022 conference at Hilton Anatole in Dallas on Aug. 6, 2022.]()
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