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.
Todd Wiseman
Todd Wiseman was the senior editor for video and multimedia at The Texas Tribune, where he worked from 2010 to 2023. Todd previously worked at the Austin School of Film and Synthetic Pictures and interned for director Richard Linklater. At The Texas Tribune, Todd helped develop the “Stump Interrupted” series, which won a national Edward R. Murrow award. He also co-produced the award-winning documentary “Beyond The Wall.” A Fort Worth native, he graduated from the University of Southern California with a dual degree in film and English and is based in Austin.
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Coronavirus in Texas
Listen: She’s tutoring her siblings while learning remotely. How one Texas high school senior navigates the pandemic.
Spend a day with Isabel Suarez, an 18-year-old Pflugerville High School senior who’s taking on the challenges of virtual school as well as tutoring her two younger siblings during the pandemic.
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Texas 2020 Elections
Long wait times and broken machines: Nothing could stop this Dallas voter from casting a ballot
In the weekend edition of The Brief podcast, Gwendolyn McMillan Lawe reflects on the challenges she and other Black and Latino voters faced at the polls in November.
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COVID-19 Recession in Texas
No job, no car and living on $85 a week: Some Texans are facing economic crisis months into the pandemic
Jessica Tyson, an out-of-work hairdresser in Texarkana, says Congress cannot delay passing a second stimulus package. Listen in the weekend edition of The Brief podcast.
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Coronavirus in Texas
Watch: A UT-Austin researcher explains the role his lab played in several leading COVID-19 vaccines
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.
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Coronavirus in Texas
This immunocompromised student fears his own college town during the pandemic
In the weekend edition of The Brief podcast, hear from a student who says that because he’s immunocompromised, he’s worried that students aren’t taking the pandemic seriously when off campus, making him feel trapped in his home.
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Texas 2020 Elections
“It’s not purple. It’s not blue. It’s conservative.” Watch what happened in the Texas elections
The Republican party dominated races up and down the ballot, dashing Democrats’ high hopes. Our analysis sheds light on what happened.
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Texas 2020 Elections
He had a state-issued voter ID and says he still got flagged casting his ballot
Mike Wright says nothing made sense, and even the poll workers couldn’t explain it. But like millions of Texas voters this cycle, Wright says he was determined to cast his ballot. Listen in the weekend edition of The Brief podcast.
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Texas 2020 Elections
Should you trust political polls going into the 2020 election? That’s the wrong question.
Watch The Texas Tribune’s co-founder and executive editor, Ross Ramsey, break down what voters need to ask when considering a poll’s results.
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Split Decision 2020
Chip Roy and Wendy Davis face off on women’s health, managing the coronavirus and being a Washington disruptor
Roy, the one-term Republican congressman who represents the Austin-area district, squares off with Davis, his Democratic challenger, in our Split Decision virtual debate series.