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1

An ICE shooting roils Houston

2

Texas Dems host their own unity fest

3

Can Ted Cruz save college sports?

4

What a new Secretary of State could mean for Texas elections

5

Deep in the heart of the GOP convention

6

How big of a threat is screwworm?

7

The runoffs approach

8

Greg Abbott battles the cities over working with ICE

9

One-on-one with Don Huffines

10

Anti-Muslim rhetoric in Texas politics

11

Assessing the school voucher rollout

12

Inside Texas' massive ICE detention facilities

13

Corpus Christi’s water woes

14

Cornyn, Paxton, Trump and the heated U.S. Senate runoff

15

TribCast Live: Breaking down the 2026 Primary

16

TribCast Live: Previewing the 2026 Texas Primary

17

El Paso's alarming airport shutdown

18

The very online 2026 Texas primary election

19

Is our grid all fixed?

20

Will Venezuela impact Texas' oil industry?

21

ICE in Texas

22

Can Texas zero out property taxes?

23

10 questions that will shape Texas politics in 2026

24

Republican Statewide Candidates

25

One-on-One with James Talarico

26

TEA and Texas education

27

The 2026 Texas primary slate is set

28

Did Texas quietly help its child care crisis?

29

Redistricting goes to the Supreme Court

30

Dade Phelan on the state of the GOP

31

Kate Rogers on her ousting from the Alamo Trust

32

The neediest Texans are feeling the pain of the government shutdown

33

Unpacking the constitutional amendments on the ballot

34

The Hunt is on in the GOP Senate primary

35

Is Robert Roberson innocent?

36

Texas' new congressional map goes to court

37

Will the Texas renewable energy powerhouse survive?

38

Texas' changing congressional delegation

39

The Campus Free Speech Wars

40

Texas is replacing the STAAR test

41

Sid Miller's THC entanglements

42

Is Texas protecting its campers from future floods?

43

The Dems returned. What happens next?

44

Will 13 Democrats be expelled from the Texas House?

45

How long can Texas Democrats hold out?

46

What's next for the Republicans?

47

What's next for the Democrats?

48

Texas' redistricting gamble

49

Floods in the Hill Country

50

A very unusual Supreme Court term

51

A special legislative session is coming

52

TribCast Live: North Texas and the Legislative Session

53

TribCast Live: Education and the Legislative Session

54

Did lawmakers make improvements to Texas' infrastructure?

55

Dan Patrick and Greg Abbott are getting what they want this legislative session

56

Higher education and the battle for Texas universities

57

Can Texas make its housing more affordable?

58

One month of session left and the kids are fighting

59

Oceans $95 million: Inside the lottery scandals roiling Texas

60

Get out the popcorn, it's Paxton vs. Cornyn

61

Can Texas retain and train teachers?

62

Covering Texas' new abortion fights

63

THC you in a special session? How the battle to ban THC in Texas could play out

64

How long til there's a Buc-ee's on Mars?

65

Texas measles outbreak and vaccines

66

Session so far

67

Texas attempts to regulate AI

68

Panhandle wildfires and Texas disaster prep

69

Vouchers

70

Immigration

71

Greg Abbott's priorities

72

Water crisis in Texas

73

The Trump administration and Texas

74

Look at the Speaker's Vote

75

Previewing the 2025 legislative session

76

The TribCast is returning!

77

TribCast is going on hiatus

78

TribCast: Big changes in Houston ISD after state takeover

79

TribCast: Turmoil at Texas A&M

80

TribCast: Texas’ tough border security tactics under scrutiny

81

TribCast: Texas lawmakers approve property tax cuts after 7 months of trying

82

TribCast: Extreme heat and the toll of climate change on Texas

83

TribCast: How will Texas universities maintain diversity without considering race in admissions?

84

TribCast: The rise of renewable energy in Texas

85

TribCast: Why can’t Texas Republicans get along?

86

TribCast: How does Nate Paul’s arrest affect Ken Paxton?

87

TribCast: The conservative plan to eliminate school property taxes in Texas

88

TribCast: The Legislature isn't done yet

89

TribCast: Ken Paxton faces impeachment

90

TribCast: Is a special session of the Texas Legislature inevitable?

91

TribCast: The scene in Texas as Title 42 lifts

92

TribCast: Can Texas’ political leaders stop their bickering for the legislative homestretch?

93

TribCast: Texas’ troubled juvenile justice system

94

TribCast: Major LGBTQ bills are in the Texas House’s hands

95

TribCast: A major Texas abortion case and a potential Gov. Greg Abbott pardon in a murder trial

96

TribCast: Is the school choice bill dead in the Texas House?

97

TribCast: Weighing Donald Trump’s support among Texas Republicans

98

TribCast: Police officers’ fear of the AR-15 in Robb Elementary

99

TribCast: Will the Texas Legislature pay Ken Paxton’s legal settlement?

100

TribCast: Talking politics with Jen Psaki

101

TribCast: How will Texas lawmakers cut property taxes?

102

TribCast: The politics of diversity, equity and inclusion on college campuses

103

TribCast: Takeaways from Gov. Greg Abbott’s State of the State speech

104

TribCast: Will Texas avoid a recession?

105

TribCast: Is Texas uniquely bad at disaster preparedness?

106

TribCast: The fight against solitary confinement in Texas

107

TribCast: Is bipartisan immigration reform a realistic goal?

108

TribCast: The Texas Legislature is off and running

109

TribCast: Evan Smith reflects on a career of watching Texas politics and media

110

TribCast: What happens in Texas if Title 42 lifts?

111

TribCast: Texas’ persistent problem with maternal mortality

112

TribCast: How much will Texas spend on tax cuts?

113

TribCast: The future of rural Texas

114

TribCast: Breaking down the 2022 midterm election results

115

TribCast: What’s at stake for both parties in next week’s elections?

116

TribCast: The role of churches in politics

117

TribCast: Greg Abbott is a fundraising juggernaut, and is Lina Hidalgo in trouble?

118

TribCast: Is time running out for Texas Democrats to swing the election?

119

TribCast: Stress, misinformation mount as midterm elections near

120

TribCast: Trouble in Ken Paxton’s office

121

TribCast: The impact of Texas’ changing demographics on elections

122

TribCast: The enduring mental health toll of Texas natural disasters

123

TribCast: Greg Abbott and Beto O’Rourke enter the homestretch

124

TribCast: How Gov. Greg Abbott’s migrant busing is affecting New York

125

TribCast: Texas’ drought is likely to persist

126

Abortion is considered basic health care in Mexico City. Its clinics are open to U.S. women.

127

TribCast: A crisis in Texas’ youth prisons

128

TribCast: A bill that would boost Texas’ semiconductor industry creates an unusual divide

129

TribCast: Investigators spread the blame in Uvalde shooting

130

TribCast: Are there signs of life for Beto O’Rourke’s campaign?

131

TribCast: San Antonio tractor-trailer tragedy, the end of Roe v. Wade and the Jan. 6 hearings

132

TribCast: What should we make of a Republican special election win in South Texas?

133

TribCast: Looking back at Uvalde ISD police Chief Pete Arredondo’s first detailed interview

134

Bonus Episode: City Cast Houston presents, "Hurricanes 101"

135

TribCast: How effective is “hardening” schools? And where does the investigation into the Uvalde shooting stand?

136

TribCast: Another terrible week in Texas

137

TribCast: Previewing the runoffs and reviewing how Texas’ Hurricane Harvey relief was disbursed

138

TribCast: Grassroots conservatives in Texas are having a banner month

139

TribCast: What would Texas look like in a post-Roe v. Wade world?

140

TribCast: Ross Ramsey reflects on four decades of Texas politics

141

TribCast: Melissa Lucio gets a late reprieve

142

TribCast: A week of chaos for trade at the border after Gov. Greg Abbott’s directive

143

TribCast: Dan Patrick takes on Disney in latest fight over Texas classrooms

144

TribCast: Layers of scandal in the Texas foster care system

145

TribCast: Two death penalty cases draw attention in Texas

146

TribCast: Operation Lone Star and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week

147

TribCast: Texas Department of Family and Protective Services investigates the families of trans children

148

Bonus: Introducing City Cast Houston

149

Tribcast: Results from the March primary and what they mean for Texas (LIVE)

150

TribCast: Texas politicians make their final push ahead of March 1 primary

151

TribCast: Dan Patrick’s eventful week

152

TribCast: Previewing the Texas primaries before early voting starts Monday

153

TribCast: The Texas power grid fares better in 2022’s winter storm

154

TribCast: FBI raid at U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar’s house shakes up his primary

155

TribCast: A legal snag for Gov. Greg Abbott's border initiative

156

TribCast: Is the omicron wave in Texas nearing its peak?

157

TribCast: Breaking down the Supreme Court's ruling on the Texas abortion law

158

TribCast: Texas braces for the next winter storm and a new COVID-19 variant

159

TribCast: Beto O'Rourke launches his bid for governor

160

Tribcast: Parsing through Texas GOP officials' hunt for "pornographic books" in public schools

161

TribCast: How worried should Texas Democrats be about 2022?

162

TribCast: Previewing the Texas abortion law's day in the U.S. Supreme Court

163

TribCast: Is the Texas Legislature finished for 2021?

164

TribCast: A federal judge temporarily blocks Texas’ near-total abortion ban

165

TribCast: Texas unveils a proposed new congressional map — and an election audit

166

TribCast: A preview of redistricting in the Texas Legislature

167

TribCast: Legal fights continue over Texas' new abortion law

168

TribCast: A new law banning most abortions in Texas takes effect

169

TribCast: The election restrictions bill passed the Texas House. What’s next?

170

TribCast: How much worse will Texas’ current COVID-19 wave get?

171

TribCast: Local officials defy Gov. Greg Abbott on mask orders as COVID-19 rages

172

TribCast: The Texas Legislature’s first special session of 2021 ends Friday. What happens next?

173

TribCast: Coronavirus cases climb in Texas, and realignment rocks college sports

174

TribCast: Texas Democrats blow up the special legislative session

175

TribCast: Previewing the special legislative session

176

TribCast: Donald Trump and Greg Abbott visit the U.S-Mexico border

177

TribCast, special edition: Our pollsters on how Texans feel about immigration, voting, Greg Abbott and more

178

TribCast: Looking ahead to the Texas Legislature's special session

179

TribCast: Assessing Texas' power grid and its plans to build a border wall

180

TribCast: Will Texas build its own border wall?

181

TribCast: Will Dan Patrick force a special session of the Texas Legislature?

182

TribCast: Texas schools will no longer require masks

183

TribCast: A Texas legislative session dominated by conservative issues

184

TribCast, special edition: Our pollsters on how Texans feel about guns, police, and the pandemic

185

TribCast: Weighing whether the Legislature will expand Medicaid and if voters would elect Matthew McConaughey

186

TribCast: ERCOT still struggles to meet electricity demand nearly two months after catastrophic outages

187

Tribcast: Texas rushes to get more residents vaccinated

188

Tribcast: Texas Legislature considers voting restrictions

189

TribCast: Texas to expand vaccine eligibility to all adults

190

TribCast: Texas' top three Republican leaders splinter over electricity repricing

191

TribCast: Lawmakers look to limit Gov. Greg Abbott's emergency powers as Texas' mask order is lifted

192

TribCast: Gov. Greg Abbott drops Texas' mask mandate

193

TribCast: What's next for Texas after last week's winter storm?

194

TribCast: Ken Paxton's legal woes continue

195

TribCast: Assessing Gov. Greg Abbott's legislative priorities

196

TribCast: How Joe Biden's immigration orders are playing out in Texas

197

TribCast: What the new Biden administration means for Texas

198

Tribcast: A U.S. Capitol insurrection and the first week of the Texas Legislature

199

TribCast: The Texans objecting to Joe Biden's Electoral College victory

200

TribCast: Looking ahead to the 2021 legislative session

201

TribCast: The coronavirus vaccine arrives in Texas

202

TribCast: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sues to undo the presidential election results

203

TribCast: The presumptive House speaker and remote learning struggles in Texas

204

TribCast: Vaccine news a bright spot as coronavirus cases surge in Texas

205

TribCast: Many Texas Republicans aren't acknowledging Joe Biden as president-elect

206

TribCast: What a bad night for Texas Democrats means for the future

207

TribCast, special edition: The state of the race for Texas House speaker

208

TribCast: Is Texas really a toss-up?

209

TribCast: What high early voting turnout means for Texas

210

TribCast, special edition: Our pollsters analyze the latest UT/TT Poll on the election and pandemic

211

TribCast: Voting issues in Texas and Ken Paxton's troubles

212

TribCast: How Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death will affect Texas

213

TribCast: Texas again changes how it reports coronavirus data, and voting issues make their way through the courts

214

TribCast: Hurricane Laura, coronavirus on campus and the RNC

215

TribCast: Texas and the DNC, the fight over police funding, and election mailing woes

216

TribCast: Kamala Harris on the Democratic presidential ticket and the state of college football

217

TribCast: Reading the political tea leaves on Biden in Texas and a census undercount

218

TribCast: Texas revises coronavirus death tally as school reopening chaos continues

219

TribCast: The post-convention state of the Texas GOP and a bleak budget forecast

220

TribCast: Election results and voting problems in the primary runoffs

221

TribCast: Mask orders, convention drama and the road ahead for reopening schools

222

TribCast: Early voting begins as coronavirus surges in Texas and a debate over sex ed curriculum

223

TribCast: Masks for businesses, reopening schools and pandemic voting

224

TribCast: COVID-19 record highs, foster children in harm's way and a victory for LGBTQ workers

225

TribCast: Racism and the Texas GOP and reform after George Floyd's death

226

TribCast: How Texas is mourning George Floyd and protesting police brutality

227

TribCast: How to vote in a pandemic and Texas' record unemployment rate

228

TribCast: Bars are back, but questions remain on child care and voting by mail in a pandemic

229

TribCast: The “don’t do as I say” coronavirus edition

230

TribCast: The governor's quicker-than-expected move to further reopen Texas

231

TribCast: How Texas plans to reopen businesses during the coronavirus pandemic

232

TribCast: Reopening the economy, testing in rural Texas and election woes

233

TribCast: Forecasting what's next with coronavirus and the next legislative session

234

TribCast: Texas health care workers take on the coronavirus

235

TribCast: The politics of coronavirus in Texas

236

TribCast: How coronavirus is affecting Texas workers, immigrants and the courts

237

TribCast: Texas' growing response to coronavirus amid a growing outbreak

238

TribCast: Coronavirus in Texas, a voting postmortem and Bonnen on his downfall

239

TribCast: Joe Biden's Super Tuesday win and other primary election results

240

TribCast: Bernie Sanders' Super Tuesday momentum and judicial election questions

241

TribCast, special edition: Our pollsters analyze the latest UT/TT Poll on primary races and issues in Texas

242

TribCast: A Texas Senate retirement and Bernie Sanders' new lead in the state

243

TribCast: Texas Democrats' Beto O'Rourke dilemma and the road to Super Tuesday

244

TribCast: Forecasting a Super Tuesday delay in Texas and the upcoming primary

245

TribCast: A special election blowout and checking in on the presidential primary

246

TribCast: The money fight for the Texas House and a very special election

247

TribCast: Refugee ban, hemp fiasco and another Planned Parenthood fight

248

TribCast: A look ahead at the 2020 political landscape in Texas

249

TribCast: George P. Bush's transparency troubles

250

TribCast: Big new names enter Texas congressional races

251

TribCast: Rick Miller steps in it with comments on Asian opponents

252

Tribcast: A Texas House cocaine scandal and a lack of receipts for the latest inauguration celebration

253

TribCast: The 10th Anniversary Edition

254

TribCast: The UT/TT pollsters’ latest survey of Texas views on politics and policy

255

TribCast: Captured by coal, a Legislative Budget Board in turmoil

256

TribCast: Dennis Bonnen's big rise and bigger fall

257

TribCast: The Tale of the Tape

258

TribCast: Rick Perry and Ukraine, and George P. Bush's college turnaround

259

TribCast: The Trump effect in 2020, repeat Sessions

260

TribCast: Live from the 2019 Texas Tribune Festival

261

TribCast: Texas Democrats get their debate moments; a gun debate at home

262

TribCast: Texas presidential polling and looming redistricting

263

TribCast: Two Texas mass shootings in a month

264

TribCast: Speaker saga, school scores and a gubernatorial misstep

265

TribCast: Behind the new Texas laws that take effect Sept. 1

266

TribCast: A House speaker in hot water

267

TribCast: The El Paso aftermath and the latest on Dennis Bonnen

268

Tribcast: Beto O'Rourke's debate performance and the drama rocking the Texas House speaker's office

269

TribCast: Wendy Davis makes it official

270

TribCast: Donald Trump's racist tweets, Beto O'Rourke's slaveholding ancestors

271

TribCast: An Obamacare hearing, UT's tuition affordability, a growing U.S. Senate field

272

TribCast: How a Santa Fe school shooting survivor's story fell apart

273

TribCast: Is Joe Straus keeping the door open for a 2022 statewide run?

274

TribCast: UT/TT Pollster Edition

275

TribCast: The Texas Monthly Best & Worst List

276

TribCast: Will Wendy Davis challenge Chip Roy?

277

Tribcast: Goings-on at the governor’s office and marquee mayoral runoff races

278

TribCast: Bonus sine die edition

279

TribCast: It's sine die time

280

TribCast: Stickland's bomb-throwing, O'Rourke's reboot

281

Tribcast: A snoozer Texas legislative session and blowing up the kumbaya

282

TribCast: How did that tax swap fall apart?

283

TribCast: Tax night in the Texas Lege; state ends its voter citizenship review

284

A legislative status report, and MJ Hegar throws in for U.S. Senate

285

Property tax wars and Speaker Bonnen's rough run-in

286

Are Texas Republicans ready to back a sales tax hike?

287

Crisis mode at the Texas-Mexico border

288

The House passes its budget — civilly

289

Dan Patrick's stance on medical cannabis, Castro's struggles & O'Rourke's first week

290

Beto O’Rourke is in. What now?

291

TribCast: College admissions scandal, Border Hustle, waiting for Beto

292

TribCast: Is the "Kumbaya" phase of the legislative session over?

293

TribCast: UT/Texas Tribune Pollster Edition

294

TribCast: Teacher pay raises, voter citizenship reviews and Beto's big decision

295

TribCast: Property taxes, school finance, data centers, and a state senator's bid to redefine a crime

296

TribCast: Dueling rallies, property taxes and an apology from the secretary of state

297

TribCast: Beto meets Oprah

298

TribCast: Texas voter citizenship review, Empower Texans' Senate media pass, the 2020 congressional battlefield

299

TribCast: Kel Seliger’s Senate fight, Beto O'Rourke's “funk”

300

TribCast: Texas inaugurations and big ideas for education

301

TribCast Extra: Point of Order – Dan Huberty on fixing school finance in Texas

302

TribCast: Here comes the Texas Lege

303

TribCast: Lewd texts and school finance scuttlebutt

304

TribCast: Beto for President?

305

TribCast: Bush's legacy, Confederate monuments and segregated public schools

306

TribCast Extra: The Bonnen Whisperers

307

TribCast: The Beto O'Rourke 2020 boomlet; will Ken Paxton's prosecutors get paid?

308

TribCast: What does a Dennis Bonnen speakership look like?

309

TribCast Extra: Point of Order with Joe Straus

310

TribCast: The Cruz-O'Rourke matchup and other top midterm election results

311

TribCast: UT/TT pollsters on the elections, Trump, immigration and #MeToo

312

TribCast: Trump takes on border-crossers and birthright citizenship

313

TribCast: Trump in Texas, early voting turnout

314

TribCast: Cruz and O'Rourke debate again, Trump heads to Texas

315

TribCast: O'Rourke isn't "interested" in Obama endorsement

316

TribCast: A Capitol sexting scandal; will Obama endorse O'Rourke?

317

TribCast: Live from the Texas Tribune Festival

318

TribCast: Everything you need to know about the Texas Tribune Festival

319

TribCast: San Antonio gears up for another special election

320

TribCast: Trump vows to stump for Cruz in Texas

321

TribCast: It's all Beto all the time

322

TribCast: A new name in the speaker's race, an ouster at Texas Tech

323

TribCast: Slow family reunifications, Cruz-O'Rourke TV ads

324

TribCast: A San Antonio special election surprise, latest Cruz-O'Rourke polling

325

TribCast: Looming family reunification deadlines and moldy state office buildings

326

TribCast: More fundraising headlines, Texas GOP reaction to Trump and Russia, SD-19 special election

327

TribCast: Democrats make it rain in some key races

328

TribCast: The latest on the shifting immigration crisis

329

Crisis on the border, 5-year anniversary of the Wendy Davis filibuster and the latest UT/Texas Tribune poll

330

Family separations, political horse races, guns, weed and the NFL, from the UT/TT pollsters

331

Immigrant family separations, Pain and Profit in Medicaid managed care

332

"Blood Will Tell" investigation, death row with disabilities

333

Texas and SCOTUS, George P. Bush's "fake news," Senate race heats up

334

Looking at Greg Abbott's response to Santa Fe

335

Dissecting Tuesday’s party primary runoffs in Texas

336

Comptroller Hegar downplays potential tax benefit of sports gambling in Texas

337

Forecasting the Valdez-White debate and understaffed Texas prisons (podcast)

338

Debate drama, Austin scooters, the Texas speaker's race (podcast)

339

Cannabis oil, special elections and redistricting (podcast)

340

Redistricting hits SCOTUS, Stockman gets convicted (podcast)

341

SD-19, higher ed hunger, Paul Ryan's exit (podcast)

342

CD-23, O'Rourke's fundraising haul, Cornyn's gun policy (podcast)

343

Census citizenship question, March for Our Lives, Tillerson for UT chancellor? (podcast)

344

Austin bombings, Ted Cruz and Cambridge Analytica (podcast)

345

District attorney drama, general election predictions (podcast)

346

Live TribCast: Deconstructing the 2018 Texas primaries

347

That time Oprah beefed with the Texas cattle industry (podcast)

348

Hurricane Harvey six months later, O'Rourke's chances in Texas, primary fever (podcast)

349

George P. Bush's "secret mansion," Republican primary fundraising (podcast)

350

Hot or not? Hear Ross Ramsey break down his must-watch Texas primary races

351

Sarah Davis' re-election bid, Ross Ramsey's hot list

352

Where's the "bathroom bill" in the 2018 primaries?

353

Republicans vs. Republicans and O'Rourke's fundraising haul (podcast)

354

George P. Bush and Harvey relief, AFL-CIO's Beto O'Rourke snub (podcast)

355

Maternal mortality, Texas' special ed crisis (podcast)

356

A candidate's explosive past, a transportation commissioner's multiple hats and #MeToo at the Texas Capitol (podcast)

357

Castro's PAC, an early Cruz poll (podcast)

358

The top Texas tales of 2017 (podcast)

359

Drama at the Facilities Commission, Farenthold off the GOP ballot, McRaven departing UT System (podcast)

360

An Alabama Senate shake-up, a Bush-Patterson faceoff and a border land grab project (podcast)

361

Valdez running for governor, Farenthold giving back sexual harassment cash (podcast)

362

Joe Barton's explicit photo, Kevin Sumlin's giant payout (podcast)

363

Sexual harassment at the Capitol, Abbott takes on an incumbent (podcast)

364

A mass shooting in Texas, Dawnna Dukes' Tribune interview, congressional retirements (podcast)

365

Dawnna Dukes' dropped charges, Enterprise Fund drama, a rent-to-own investigation (podcast)

366

Speaker Straus won't run for re-election (podcast)

367

The UT/TT pollsters on Trump, Confederates, bathrooms and politics

368

Straus' new committee, third-quarter fundraising, the ongoing Harvey response (podcast)

369

O'Rourke v. Cruz, Abbott's Latino outreach, Confederate monuments (podcast)

370

Gun politics, Rex Tillerson and the state's health commission (podcast)

371

TribFest recap, tapping the Rainy Day Fund (podcast)

372

The live Texas Tribune Festival TribCast

373

Harvey funding, Sharp's new job, Twitter porn (podcast)

374

DACA, Harvey recovery and 2018 (podcast)

375

Texas responds to Hurricane Harvey (podcast)

376

Confederate statues, UT's oil cash, another Paxton in the Capitol? (podcast)

377

Tribcast Daily: Aug. 15 Special Session Update

378

Sine die is nigh (podcast)

379

Tribcast Daily: Aug. 14 Special Session Update

380

Tribcast Daily: Aug. 13 Special Session Update

381

Tribcast Daily: Aug. 12 Special Session Update

382

Tribcast Daily: Aug. 11 Special Session Update

383

Tribcast Daily: Aug. 10 Special Session Update

384

Tribcast Daily: Aug. 9 Special Session Update

385

Abbott v. Perry, school finance, impending Sine Die (podcast)

386

Tribcast Daily: Aug. 8 Special Session Update

387

Tribcast Daily: Aug. 7 Special Session Update

388

Tribcast Daily: Aug. 4 Special Session Update

389

Tribcast Daily: Aug. 3 Special Session Update

390

Tribcast Daily: Aug. 2 Special Session Update

391

Special session update, Rick Perry and Dawnna Dukes (podcast)

392

Tribcast Daily: Aug 1. Special Session Update

393

Tribcast Daily: Jul. 31 Special Session Update

394

School choice, property taxes and abortion (podcast)

395

Headline: The first week of the special legislative session (podcast)

396

The first week of the special legislative session (podcast)

397

The storm at TABC, redistricting trials and the special session ahead (podcast)

398

New Yorker on Texas, TABC troubles, "perverted little tarts" (podcast)

399

Same-sex benefits, teacher pay raises and Dawnna Dukes

400

Same-sex benefits, teacher pay raises and Dawnna Dukes (podcast)

401

The Texas Monthly best and worst list (podcast)

402

UT/TT Poll: From the pollsters to you (podcast)

403

The state budget (with vetoes!), special session notes and Paxton’s new judge (podcast)

404

Special session blues, the veto period and speaker politics (podcast)

405

The post sine die TribCast (podcast)

406

The post-sine die TribCast (podcast)

407

A House-Senate standoff in the final days of the session (podcast)

408

A special session on the horizon? (podcast)

409

Abbott's Sunday surprise, sanctuary cities and House drama (podcast)

410

Sanctuary cities, bathroom politics, Abbott's take on the session (podcast)

411

Sanctuary cities, Buffett Bill and House-Senate budgeting (podcast)

412

Lyceum poll, a TABC resignation and a House bathroom bill (podcast)

413

Hog fights, Paxton's change of venue and Flat Stanley (podcast)

414

O'Rourke vs. Cruz, budget and bathroom bill (podcast)

415

Liquor regulators, Perry and the A&M election (podcast)

416

Budget priorities, local control and school choice

417

Masturbation fine, bathroom bill, Beto and Will's road trip (podcast)

418

Bathrooms, House-Senate tension and school finance (podcast)

419

School choice, same-sex marriage benefits

420

The UT/TT pollsters on Trump, pot, bathrooms and more (podcast)

421

UT/Texas Tribune pollsters on Trump, pot, bathrooms

422

The latest UT/TT poll, Trump's bathroom guidance, congressional town halls (podcast)

423

Child sex-trafficking, budget woes and Abbott vs. the NFL (podcast)

424

"Sanctuary" cities, Syrian refugees and stolen jerseys (podcast)

425

Emergencies, travel bans and school choice (podcast)

426

Trump's wall, sanctuary cities and voter fraud (podcast)

427

Bathroom politics, Dukes indictment, budget business and Trump's inauguration (podcast)

428

Welcome to the 85th Legislature (podcast)

429

What to expect in the 2017 legislative session (podcast)

430

Planned Parenthood, cupcakes at Trump Tower (podcast)

431

Two Texans in the Cabinet, Paxton's Peanuts, queso on Capitol Hill

432

Tampon taxes, fetal remains, Sid Miller's beef (podcast)

433

The speaker's agenda, Trump's Texas connections

434

Charlie Strong and Texans in the Trump administration (podcast)

435

Trump's deportation plans, Texas bill-filing begins (podcast)

436

Live Post-Election TribCast

437

Sid Miller's dirty tweet, Rick Perry's Senate meddling (podcast)

438

UT/TT Poll: Straight from the pollsters (podcast)

439

Is Texas in play in 2016? (Podcast)

440

Clinton's Texas ad buy, border politics, Planned Parenthood

441

Trump's bad behavior, Paxton's legal woes (podcast)

442

Trump and Texas Women, Endangered Children (Podcast)

443

Ted Cruz Forgives, Dawnna Dukes Retires (Podcast)

444

Texas Tribune Festival Podcast Extravaganza

445

Perry Dances, Patrick Dings Cruz and Abbott Reveals an Injury (Podcast)

446

Presidential Politics, Straus' Priorities and College Rankings

447

Does Clinton Have an Edge in Texas? (Podcast)

448

Unholstered, Trump’s Mexican Jaunt and Perry’s Two-Step (Podcast)

449

Trump in Texas, Campus Dildo Carry, Transgender Students (Podcast)

450

Perry v. the Khan Family and Trump's Texas Polling Numbers

451

George P. Bush's Trump Take and Ted Cruz's Texas Tour (Podcast)

452

Campus Carry, Trump vs. Khan and an Independent Lawmaker (Podcast)

453

The Democratic Convention, the Castro Brothers and Voter ID

454

Cruz's Convention "Conscience" (Podcast)

455

Texans at the RNC and Julian Castro's Clinton Talk (Podcast)

456

Dallas Police Shooting, GOP Convention Buzz (Podcast)

457

Abortion Statistics, Bordering on Insecurity, Trump's Texas Hires

458

Abortion Ruling, Texit and the Trump-Clinton Margin in Texas

459

Castro's Veep Chances and Trump's Campaign Cash (Podcast)

460

Orlando Shooting, Presidential Polls, STAAR Tests (Tribcast)

461

Trump's Texas Fundraising, and Rep Vela's Bombastic Letter

462

Bathroom Wars, Baylor Fallout and Hillary on Texas (Podcast)

463

Runoff Results, STAAR Tests and Ken Starr (Podcast)

464

Four Runoff Races to Watch (Podcast)

465

TribCast: Ride-Hailing Votes and Transgender Students

466

Ted Cruz is Out, Writing's on the Bathroom Wall

467

TribCast: Cruz's Big News and Lawmaker Spending Habits

468

TribCast: Cruz's New York Fumble and Miller's Gas Pumps

469

TribCast: GOP Leaders' No Good, Very Bad Week

470

TribCast: Cruz in Wisconsin, Abortion Policy, Foster Children

471

TribCast: Rick Perry's Voting, Price of Admission, Water

472

TribCast: Presidential Primaries, College Sports, and Sid Miller

473

TribCast: The Primaries, SCOTUS, Immigration and the Border

474

TribCast: Hell and High Water, Presidential Politics

475

TribCast: A Live Autopsy of the Texas Primaries

476

TribCast: Perry Cleared, the UT/TT Poll and the Primaries

477

TribCast: The Primaries, Death in Texas, Immigration

478

Tribcast: New Hampshire, Bordering on Insecurity, Dawnna Dukes

479

TribCast: Iowa, New Hampshire, Immigration and Ken Paxton

480

TribCast: San Antonio Politics, Planned Parenthood, Campus Carry

481

TribCast: Political Money, State Police, Ken Paxton on Sports

482

TribCast: Abbott's Constitution, Perry's New Gig, Sharp's Blast

483

TribCast: Elections, Political Women, Stickland's Mouth

484

TribCast: The 2015 Highlight Reel

485

TribCast: How the Big Three Fared in 2015

486

TribCast: Hot Primary Races and the Cruz-Rubio Faceoff

487

TribCast: Houston Mayor's Race and Ted Cruz's Iowa Surge

488

TribCast: Cruz Talks Condoms, Abbott Visits Cuba

489

TribCast: Rattlesnakes and Refugees, Planned Parenthood and Ted Cruz

490

TribCast: Syrian Refugees, Campus Sexual Assault and the UT/TT Poll

491

TribCast: The GOP Debate Stage and Historical Racing

492

TribCast: Hero and the Houston Mayoral Race

493

TribCast: "Sanctuary Cities" and Red Meat Troubles

494

TribCast: Planned Parenthood and Castro's VP Chatter

495

TribCast: Campus "Dildo" Carry and Clinton's Texas Swing

496

TribCast: God & Government, Dewhurst's Debt and Texas Textbooks

497

TribCast: Curtains for Carly, Cruz's Washington Week

498

TribCast: Primary Drop-Outs and a Wendy Davis Interview

499

TribCast: Perry Exit, Trump in Texas, George P. Bush

500

TribCast: Paid to Prosecute and Ted Cruz's Travels

501

TribCast: Paxton's Lawyers, Perry's Case and Abbott's Emails

502

TribCast: Sid Miller, George P. Bush, Confederate Statues

503

TribCast: Perry's Money Woes and the Presidential Debate Stage

504

TribCast: Paxton, Perry and Planned Parenthood

505

Tribcast: Planned Parenthood, Ken Paxton and Ted Cruz

506

TribCast: Sandra Bland, Chapo Guzman and Donald Trump

507

A Conversation With House Speaker Joe Straus

508

TribCast: From Jade Helm to Scientology

509

TribCast: Paxton's Legal Woes and Patrick's Grassroots Advisers

510

TribCast: SCOTUS Decisions, Ted Cruz and Karl Rove

511

TribCast: Abbott's Emails and UT/TT's Summer Poll

512

TribCast: Best & Worst and Big Lege Departures

513

Deconstructing the Session: Memorable Moments

514

TribCast: On the Trail and Back at the Capitol

515

TribCast: The Sine Die Edition

516

TribCast: The House's Very Long Night

517

TribCast: The Big Deal, Abbott's Veto and Perry's Chances

518

Budgetline: Numbers Aren't Everything

519

TribCast: Deep Fryers, Lapel Cameras and Franchise Taxes

520

TribCast: Jade Helm 15 and Secret Capitol Videos

521

Budgetline: The Cemetery at the End of the Budget

522

The Ticket: Rand Paul and Matthew Dowd

523

TribCast: Abortion Bills, Tax Cut Drama and Voter ID

524

Budgetline: Jane Nelson, From Renegade to Ringleader

525

The Ticket: A Presidential Podcast – Episode 1

526

TribCast: Godless Pre-K, House v. Senate v. Abbott

527

TribCast: Open Carry, State Spending and Hillary's Texas

528

TribCast: In-State Tuition and Bathroom Bills

529

Budgetline: The Spending Cap

530

TribCast: Budget Bromance, Wallace Hall and Abbott's "Strike Force"

531

TribCast: Cruz's Big Reveal and Budget Bickering

532

TribCast: Gun Bills and Texans Shooting for the White House

533

Budgetline: A Special TribCast Series on the Texas Budget

534

Tribcast: Former Fetuses, Presidential Perry, Undrinkable Water

535

Tribcast: David Simpson, Marijuana and Crumbling State Agencies

536

TribCast: Polling, Border Security and Tax Cuts

537

TribCast: State of the State and University Admissions

538

TribCast: Expensive Chairs, New Badges and Vaccines

539

TribCast: Muslim Day, Bloggers and Economic Incentives

540

TribCast: Criminal Charges, Open Carry and Appointments

541

TribCast: Inauguration Day and Canceled Investigations

542

TribCast: The Start of the 84th Legislative Session

543

TribCast: Runoffs, Record Votes and Printable Guns

544

TribCast: What To Watch For In 2015

545

TribCast: The Best of Our 2014 Live Shows

546

TribCast: Bum Steer Awards and the Rick Perry Building

547

TribCast: Policy Priorities and Tuition Re-Regulation

548

TribCast: Stay of Execution and the Spending Cap

549

TribCast: Suing Obama, Textbooks and Abortion Issues

550

TribCast: Speaker Status, Incentives and More Elections

551

TribCast: Race for Speaker, First Bills and Transitions

552

TribCast: Live Post-Election 2014 Edition

553

TribCast: Poll Results, Apologies and The Shale Life

554

TribCast: Early Voting, Oil Prices and Embezzlement

555

TribCast: Court Confusion, Wheelchairs and Testing

556

TribCast: Ebola, Abortion, Gay Marriage and Money

557

TribCast: Two Debates, a Poll and an Audit

558

Tribcast: The Texas Tribune Festival Live Show

559

TribCast: Uninsured Texans, Regent Drama and TribFest

560

Tribcast: Davis' Memoir and Allbaugh's Pot Venture

561

TribCast: Twitter, Gubernatorial Debates and Lawsuits

562

TribCast: Indictment Fallout, Policy Proposals and Debt

563

TribCast: Perry's Indictment, Booking and Ice Cream

564

TribCast: A Vote for Censure and Alcohol at Gun Shows

565

TribCast: A New State Senator, a Trial and Andrea Yates

566

TribCast: Battlefields, McRaven, Polling and Water

567

TribCast: National Guard, Senate Chairs and Charters

568

TribCast: Fundraising Totals and The Border Crisis

569

Tribcast: UT-Austin's President, Obama and Chemicals

570

TribCast: Gringos, Injured Workers and Sports Agents

571

TribCast: Filibuster Anniversary and UT Admissions

572

TribCast: UT/TT Poll and Rick Perry's California Trip

573

TribCast: Davis Campaign Changes, GOP Platform and Uber

574

Tribcast: GOP State Convention and Closing Facilities

575

TribCast: 2014 Primary Runoff Election Results Review

576

TribCast: Medical Records, HUD and Texas Tech's Chancellor

577

TribCast: Sriracha, Grounds for Impeachment and TribTalk

578

TribCast: Bernie Tiede, Strip Clubs and Primary Runoffs

579

TribCast: Executions, Land Management and Allegations

580

TribCast: The Slate Political Gabfest Special Edition

581

TribCast: Immigration, a Grand Jury and Libertarians

582

TribCast: Wallace Hall, Open Carry and Civil Rights

583

TribCast: Shake-ups, Education Proposals and Legacies

584

TribCast: Oil Spills and The University of Texas System

585

TribCast: Equal Pay, Cancellations and Credentials

586

TribCast: Dropping Out, Kimmel and the Private Sector

587

TribCast: Live Post-Primary Election Review

588

TribCast: The UT/TT Poll and the Definition of Marriage

589

TribCast: Ted Nugent, Dan Patrick and Kyle Janek

590

TribCast: UT Leadership, Higher Ed Outcomes and Endorsements

591

TribCast: Overrated Races and Would-Be Comptrollers

592

TribCast: Lite Gov Debate and Decriminalizing Marijuana

593

TribCast: The Wendy Davis Bio and Gay Marriage

594

TribCast: Fundraising, Speaker's Race and Life Support

595

TribCast: Payday Lending, Scorecards and Navigators

596

TribCast: What to Expect in 2014

597

TribCast: 2013 End-of-Year Extravaganza

598

TribCast: Bill Powers and the Governor's Race So Far

599

TribCast: Stockman, Filing Deadline and Mack Brown

600

TribCast: Tax Returns, Attorneys General and Drones

601

TribCast: Campaigns, Education and a Forgotten Gun

602

TribCast: Van de Putte and the Young Conservatives

603

TribCast: Abbott's Ethics Proposals, Double Down and UT

604

TribCast Plus: University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll

605

TribCast: Elections, Polling Numbers and Abortion Laws

606

TribCast: Affidavits, Senate Races and Propositions

607

TribCast: Transparency Committee and Ag Commissioners

608

TribCast: Water Poll, Impeachment Call and Kinky

609

TribCast: Shutdown, Tutoring and In-State Squabbles

610

TribCast: Live From the Texas Tribune Festival

611

TribCast: Filibusters, Fauxlibusters and Retiring Reps

612

TribCast: Embargoes, Pauken and Health Insurance

613

TribCast: College Rankings and Candidate Comments

614

TribCast: Justices, UT Admissions and New Laws

615

TribCast: Calling the Police, the DOJ and DPS