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• Now What? Capitol Press Vets Look Ahead

  By Justin Dehn Dec. 12, 2012

  On Nov. 8, the Tribune and the University of Texas at Austin's Texas Politics Project asked four veteran members of the Capitol press corps to forecast the coming controversies in the 83rd session. Full Story 

• TribuneFest: Branch on the Higher Education "Crisis"

  By Evan Smith Dec. 11, 2012

  At the Trib's November 29 symposium on higher education at Texas A&M University, House Higher Education Committee Chairman Dan Branch, R-Dallas, argued that a failure to adequately educate the next generation of Texans puts the state's greatness at risk. Full Story 

• TribuneFest: Pathways to Student Success

  By Evan Smith Dec. 11, 2012

  At the Trib's November 29 symposium on higher education at Texas A&M University, Reeve Hamilton talked about pathways to student success with Shirley Reed of South Texas College, House Higher Education Committee Chairman Dan Branch, Denise Trauth of Texas State University and Lawrence Schovanec of Texas Tech University. Full Story 

• Now What? Public Policy in the 83rd Session

  By Justin Dehn Dec. 11, 2012

  On November 8, the Tribune and the University of Texas at Austin's Texas Politics Project asked four experts on state health, water, transportation and education policy to preview the fights over those issues in the 83rd session. Full Story 

• Now What? A Conversation About 2012 and 2013

  By Justin Dehn Dec. 10, 2012

  On Nov. 8, the Tribune and the University of Texas at Austin's Texas Politics Project asked four political strategists to talk about what the 2012 election means for the 2013 session and beyond. Full Story 

• The Hot Seat: A Conversation with Villarreal and Campbell

  By Evan Smith Dec. 10, 2012

  At our Hot Seat conversation at Trinity University in San Antonio, state Rep. Mike Villarreal, D-San Antonio, and state Sen.-elect Donna Campbell, R-New Braunfels, sparred about public education, health care and other issues in play in the upcoming 83rd session. Full Story 

• Newsreel: Speaker's Race, Campaign Finance Deadline

  By Justin Dehn Dec. 8, 2012

  This week in the Texas Weekly Newsreel: Who's in – or thinking of jumping in – the race for House speaker? And the legislative session blackout on campaign contributions starts this weekend — after a flurry of fundraising over the last two weeks. Full Story 

• TribuneFest: High-Tech Higher Ed

  By Evan Smith Dec. 7, 2012

  At the Trib's November 29 symposium on higher education at Texas A&M University, I talked about innovations in online curriculum and the use of smartphones and other devices in and out of the classroom with Steve Klingler of Western Governors University, Steven Mintz of the University of Texas System, Renee Patton of Cisco Systems and Phil Schubert of Abilene Christian University. Full Story 

• TribLive: A Conversation with Kel Seliger

  By Evan Smith Dec. 7, 2012

  Full video of my December 6 TribLive conversation with state Sen. Kel Seliger, R-Amarillo, the chairman of the Senate Higher Education Committee. Full Story 

• TribLive: Seliger on the Cost of a College Education

  By Evan Smith Dec. 6, 2012

  At this morning's TribLive conversation, state Sen. Kel Seliger, R-Amarillo, the chairman of the Senate Higher Education Committee, discussed the prospect of tuition reregulation and whether the state is adequately funding higher ed. Full Story 

• TribuneFest: A Conversation with Loftin and Sharp

  By Evan Smith Dec. 5, 2012

  At the Trib's November 29 symposium on higher education at Texas A&M University, I talked about the cost of a college degree, the pursuit of academic excellence and, of course, SEC football with A&M's president, R. Bowen Loftin, and A&M System Chancellor John Sharp. Full Story 

• TribuneFest: A Conversation with Kel Seliger

  By Evan Smith Dec. 4, 2012

  At the Trib's November 29 symposium on higher education at Texas A&M University, I talked tuition deregulation, changing demographics and other hot-button issues with state Sen. Kel Seliger, R-Amarillo, the new chairman of the Senate Higher Education Committee. Full Story