In this week’s episode, Cassi speaks with Alexa and James about the upcoming special legislative session that starts July 8 in Austin.
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TribCast is a weekly political podcast, hosted by Matthew Watkins and Eleanor Klibanoff, and featuring a rotating list of guests that includes politicians, policy experts and Texas Tribune journalists.
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TribCast: Donald Trump and Greg Abbott visit the U.S-Mexico border
In this week’s episode, Matthew speaks with Ross, Patrick and Reese about the politics surrounding Donald Trump’s trip to Texas and the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on student learning.
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TribCast, special edition: Our pollsters on how Texans feel about immigration, voting, Greg Abbott and more
In this edition of the TribCast, Ross talks to pollsters Joshua Blank, James Henson and Daron Shaw about the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll and what voters are thinking about issues argued in the Legislature, immigration and border security, voting law and the pandemic.
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TribCast: Looking ahead to the Texas Legislature’s special session
In this week’s TribCast, Matthew speaks with James, Cassi and Isabella about lawmakers’ planned return to the Capitol in July, Gov. Greg Abbott’s executive powers and the fight over critical race theory.
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TribCast: Assessing Texas’ power grid and its plans to build a border wall
On this week’s TribCast, Matthew speaks with James, Alexa and Erin about Gov. Greg Abbott’s border wall plans, the state power grid and Democrats pushing for voting legislation in Washington.
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TribCast: Will Texas build its own border wall?
In this week’s TribCast, Matthew speaks with Ross, Patrick and James about Gov. Greg Abbott’s border wall idea, the politics of South Texas and the GOP statewide ticket in 2022.
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TribCast: Will Dan Patrick force a special session of the Texas Legislature?
In this week’s TribCast, Matthew speaks with Ross, Patrick and James about the politics and the policy surrounding the lieutenant governor’s push to reconvene the Legislature in June.
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TribCast: Texas schools will no longer require masks
In this week’s TribCast, Matthew speaks with Patrick, Karen and James about Gov. Greg Abbott’s latest mask order and where the big bills stand in the final weeks of the legislative session.
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TribCast: A Texas legislative session dominated by conservative issues
On this week’s TribCast, Matthew talks to Alexa, Cassi and Patrick about proposals in the Legislature to add new restrictions on voting and to allow the permitless carry of handguns.
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TribCast, special edition: Our pollsters on how Texans feel about guns, police, and the pandemic
In this edition of the TribCast, Ross talks to pollsters Joshua Blank, James Henson and Daron Shaw about the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll and what voters are thinking about guns, policing, voting law and the pandemic.