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Bobby Blanchard
Bobby Blanchard joined The Texas Tribune’s audience team in 2016 and led the team from 2021 to 2023, strategizing to expand the organization’s reach and engagement across all platforms. A graduate of UT-Austin, Bobby spent his first year out of college at The Dallas Morning News as a reporting fellow, covering Texas politics and breaking news. He got his start in journalism in the poorly lit basement of The Daily Texan, followed by internships at the Houston Chronicle, KUT News and the Tribune. Born and raised in the Houston area, Bobby is a native Texan.
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Texas 2020 Elections
Political Pick’em: Can you guess who will win these Texas primaries?
The Texas Tribune is excited to present a return of its Political Pick’em contest. We’ve selected a handful of competitive Texas primaries, and we want you to pick the candidates who you think will get the most votes.
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Texas 2020 Elections
Add Texas 2020 election dates to your calendar
Make it your resolution this year to keep track of voter registration deadlines, early voting and more.
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T-Squared: Regina Mack is returning to The Texas Tribune
Before she spent a year as Texas Monthly’s social media editor, Mack was an engagement fellow at The Texas Tribune. We couldn’t be more excited she’s coming back.
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Criminal Justice
TribCast: Sid Miller’s Facebook rhetoric, Rodney Reed finds bipartisan allies
On this week’s TribCast, Emily talks to Ross, Emma and Jolie about Ag Commissioner Sid Miller’s latest Facebook rhetoric, the escalating pressure on the governor in the Rodney Reed death penalty case and a court of criminal appeals race that has everything going for it but an actual election.
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The 2019 Texas Tribune Festival
The 2019 Texas Tribune Festival starts today. Here’s what you need to know.
The ninth annual Texas Tribune Festival couldn’t be happening at a more newsworthy time. This year’s event features House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, U.S. Rep. Will Hurd, a slate of presidential candidates and more.
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El Paso shooting
Donald Trump called for “strong background checks” after El Paso shooting. He then blamed the media.
In a pair of Monday morning tweets, the president suggested “marrying” immigration reform to background check legislation.
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El Paso shooting
Horror in El Paso: 20 dead, 26 wounded in mass shooting at Walmart
Police say the suspect is a white male in his 20s from the Dallas area who was arrested without incident. Police are investigating whether it was a hate crime.
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Broken Border
Photos show almost 400 migrants packed in cages at Texas processing center
Vice President Mike Pence visited a migrant processing center in McAllen on Friday. According to reporters who accompanied him, the tour showed hundreds of men in cages without mats to sleep on, and some migrants hadn’t showered in days.
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Immigration
Watch Texas lawmakers meet on the migrant crisis and conditions at the border
Two Texas House committees — International Relations and Economic Development, and Homeland Security and Public Safety — will meet at 2 p.m. to discuss the situation at the border.