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• Watch: “Let’s stop with the dang excuses.” Two state lawmakers on the winter storm and the power grid.

  By Sami Sparber Updated: March 10, 2021

  State Rep. Craig Goldman and state Sen. José Menéndez talk with Texas Tribune CEO Evan Smith about the Texas Legislature's next steps following the February winter storm and the impact on the energy industry. Full Story 

• Watch: State Rep. Harold Dutton, chair of public education committee, discusses how Legislature should respond to pandemic, winter storm

  By Neelam Bohra Updated: Feb. 25, 2021

  Dutton joined The Texas Tribune on Thursday for a conversation moderated by Aliyya Swaby, the Tribune's public education reporter. Full Story 

• Watch: Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath on educating students during a pandemic

  By Aliyya Swaby Updated: Feb. 11, 2021

  Morath spoke with The Texas Tribune about on-campus and virtual instruction, school funding and the STAAR exam. Full Story 

• Watch: U.S. Reps. Marc Veasey and Michael McCaul talk snowstorm, leadership

  By Bryan Mena Updated: Feb. 24, 2021

  U.S. Reps. Marc Veasey and Michael McCaul sat down virtually with The Texas Tribune to discuss last week’s destructive snowstorm and how Texas can move forward — plus, what leadership in Washington should look like. Full Story 

• Watch: How Texas lawmakers are conducting a session during a pandemic

  By Alana Rocha, Justin Dehn, Todd Wiseman and Jackson Barton Jan. 27, 2021

  The 2021 Texas legislative session will be unlike any other, as lawmakers work to get the people’s business done in the midst of a pandemic that shows few signs of slowing. Full Story 

• Watch: New Texas senators discuss plans to address COVID-19’s impact on health, businesses

  By Neelam Bohra Updated: Jan. 22, 2021

  State Sens. César Blanco, D-El Paso; Roland Gutierrez, D-San Antonio; and Drew Springer, R-Muenster, detail their ideas to combat the wide-ranging effects of COVID-19 on Texans. Full Story 

• Watch: Joaquin Castro discusses pro-Trump rioters storming U.S. Capitol

  By Alana Rocha and Juan Pablo Garnham Updated: Jan. 6, 2021

  The Texas Tribune's multimedia reporter Alana Rocha spoke Wednesday afternoon with Castro, D-San Antonio, who was in lockdown in his office. Full Story 

• Watch: Presumptive Speaker Dade Phelan says House will take session "a day at a time" as lawmakers balance agenda with pandemic

  By Cassandra Pollock Updated: Jan. 11, 2021

  Phelan spoke with Texas Tribune CEO Evan Smith in a virtual interview on the day before the legislative session is set to begin. Full Story 

• Watch: Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar on vaccines and the state’s economic recovery

  By Mitchell Ferman Updated: Jan. 14, 2021

  Texas’ uncertain economic recovery is tied to the coronavirus vaccine, Hegar said, as state lawmakers convened this week to begin working on a new state budget with less money than they had to spend during the last legislative session. Full Story 

• Watch: "A dose of hope" as medical workers receive the COVID-19 vaccine in the Rio Grande Valley

  By Eric Vasquez and Todd Wiseman Dec. 23, 2020

  At a hospital in Edinburg, medical workers lined up to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. It will be months before the shots are widely available to most Texans, but many hope the end to the pandemic could be in sight. Full Story 

• Watch: Here’s what you should know heading into the 2021 Texas legislative session

  By Alana Rocha, Justin Dehn and Todd Wiseman Dec. 22, 2020

  We surveyed some of The Texas Tribune’s reporters and editors about what they’d be watching come Jan. 12, when state lawmakers are scheduled to gavel in the new session. Full Story 

• Watch: A UT-Austin researcher explains the role his lab played in several leading COVID-19 vaccines

  By Alana Rocha, Todd Wiseman and Justin Dehn Nov. 20, 2020

  At least four of the COVID-19 vaccines showing promise are using technology developed in Jason McLellan's lab at the University of Texas at Austin. Full Story