Texas Tribune TribCast

On this week's TribCast, Emily talks to Evan, Ross and Patrick about an unruly Texas budget fight, the relocation of AG Ken Paxton's jury trial, and a warm and fuzzy photo of often-at-odds state leaders.

On this week's Tribcast, Aman talks to Evan Patrick and Alexa about U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke's campaign to unseat U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, the marathon House budget debate coming on Thursday, and the NCAA's stance on the bathroom bill.

On this week's TribCast, Emily talks to Evan, Jay and Ross about liquor regulators partying on the taxpayer dime, Energy Secretary Rick Perry's high interest in a historic Texas A&M student body election and the likelihood of a special legislative session.

On this week's TribCast, Emily talks to Evan, Patrick and Aman about Gov. Greg Abbott's budget priorities, his comments on local control, the school choice drama in the Legislature and AG Ken Paxton's concerns about Muslim prayer in a public school.

On this week's TribCast, Evan talks to Alexa, Ross and Patrick about Jessica Farrar’s proposed fine for mastrubators, the Senate’s passage of the so-called bathroom bill, las week’s court ruling on redistricting and the congressional car trip social media can’t get enough of.

On this week's TribCast, Emily talks to Evan, Ross and Patrick about the overnight "bathroom bill" hearing, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick's tense relationship with the Texas House and a House plan to infuse Texas public schools with more cash.

On this week's TribCast, Emily talks to Evan, Patrick and Alexa about the debate over school choice in the Texas Legislature, the fight over same-sex marriage benefits before the Texas Supreme Court and surreptitious video recordings in the Texas House.

In a special edition of the TribCast, Ross talks to University of Texas/Texas Tribune pollsters Jim Henson and Daron Shaw about Donald Trump, marijuana, bathrooms and other poll results.

In a special edition of the TribCast, Ross talks to University of Texas/Texas Tribune pollsters Jim Henson and Daron Shaw about Donald Trump, marijuana, bathrooms and other poll results.

On this week's TribCast, Emily talks to Evan, Ross and Patrick about the details of the latest UT/TT poll, President Trump's plans to pull back federal transgender bathroom guidelines and the flap over congressional town hall meetings.

On this week's TribCast, Emily talks to Evan, Ross and Morgan about Sold Out, the Tribune's child sex-trafficking project; Gov. Greg Abbott's war of words with the NFL; and whether state lawmakers will tap into the Rainy Day Fund

On this week's TribCast, Emily talks to Alexa, Aman and Patrick about the hunt for Tom Brady's missing jersey, the Texas Senate's fight over "sanctuary" cities and Syrian refugees arriving in Texas amid President Trump's travel ban.

On this week's TribCast, Ross talks to Evan, Alexa and Patrick about Gov. Greg Abbott's State of the State speech, Donald Trump's travel restrictions, school vouchers and bathrooms.

On this week's TribCast, Emily talks to Evan, Ross and Jim about Donald Trump's latest pronouncements, Greg Abbott's sanctuary cities threat and the Castro brothers' political futures.

On this week's TribCast, Patrick talks to Evan, Aman and Alexa about the latest politics of the "bathroom bill," Dawnna Dukes' indictment, the House and Senate budgets, and Donald Trump's inauguration.

On this week's TribCast, Emily talks to Evan, Ross and Aman about the start of the 85th Texas Legislature: the Speaker's race, a smaller-than-usual budget and the lieutenant governor's priorities.

On this week's TribCast, Emily talks to Evan, Ross and Patrick about what's in store for the impending legislative session — including what services may be on the chopping block in the biennial budget.

On this week's TribCast — the last of 2016 — Emily talks to Evan, Patrick and Aman about Texas kicking Planned Parenthood out of the Medicaid program and Donald Trump's consideration of two Texas ag commissioners (one current, one former) as agriculture secretary.

On this week's TribCast, Emily talks to Ross, Patrick and Abby about Donald Trump's selections of Rick Perry and Rex Tillerson to his cabinet, Ken Paxton's battle in the "war on Christmas," Greg Abbott's wait-and-see approach to bathroom legislation and a fight over melted cheese in D.C.

On this week's TribCast, Emily talks to Patrick, Alexa, Jim and Julian about the state's new rules governing fetal remains, Sid Miller's latest turn in the headlines, bills governing taxes on tampons and the Trib's yearlong Bordering on Insecurity Project.

On this week's TribCast, Emily talked to Evan, Ross and Patrick about House Speaker Joe Straus' remarks at a pre-legislative symposium and the Texan behind Donald Trump's unfounded allegations of voter fraud.

On this week's TribCast, Emily talks to Evan, Ross and Patrick about UT football and Charlie Strong's potential ouster, possible Texans in the Trump administration and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick's legislative priorities.

On this week's TribCast, Emily talks to Ross, Patrick and Julian about the pre-legislative flurry of bill-filing, President-elect Trump's vows to deport millions and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick's list of priorities.

On this special post-election live TribCast, Emily, Evan and Ross talk to former Democratic state Sen. Leticia Van de Putte, Democratic state Rep. Donna Howard, and GOP consultants Deirdre Delisi and Brendan Steinhauser about Tuesday night's Donald Trump presidential upset.

On this week's TribCast, Emily talks to Evan, Aman and Patrick about Sid Miller's dirty tweet, Dan Patrick's designs on a public education special session and Rick Perry's suggestion to Michael McCaul that he challenge Ted Cruz for Senate.

On this special edition of the TribCast, Ross talks to pollsters Jim Henson and Josh Blank about the new University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll, what it says about Texas voters and the race between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.

On this week's TribCast, Emily talks to Evan, Jim and Aman about sky-high early voting turnout, some problems at the polls and the latest figures showing Hillary Clinton closing in on Donald Trump in Texas

On this week's TribCast, Emily talks with Ross, Patrick and Alexa about Hillary Clinton's small but symbolic Texas ad buy, our yearlong Bordering on Insecurity project and state leaders' inability to totally defund Planned Parenthood.

On this week's Tribcast, Emily talks to Evan, Ross and Patrick about Donald Trump's vulgar off-mic comments about women and AG Ken Paxton's good-news-bad-news legal week.

On this week's TribCast, Emily talks to Ross, Patrick and Brandon about how GOP women in Texas are grappling with Donald Trump, and how the Legislature can fix the state's child welfare crisis.

On this week's TribCast, Emily talks to Evan, Ross and Patrick about Ted Cruz's forgiveness of Donald Trump, Ken Starr's TribFest interview on Baylor's sexual assault scandal and the political fallout from Austin Rep. Dawnna Duke's decision to retire.

We kicked off our memorable Texas Tribune 2016 Festival on Friday with a bang (well, with a power chord): a live recording of TribCast and The Ticket 2016, featuring Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner; state Rep. Chris Paddie, R-Marshall; Sarah Isgur Flores, deputy manager for Carly Fiorina's presidential campaign; and Erick Erickson, conservative blogger and radio host, with music from the Bad Precedents.

On this week's TribCast, Emily talks to Evan, Ross and Patrick about former Gov. Rick Perry's turn on Dancing With the Stars, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick's suggestion that Sen. Ted Cruz could get left in the rearview and Gov. Greg Abbott's explanation for how he suffered burns.

On this week's TribCast, Patrick talks to Ayan, Edgar and Alexa about the latest of the presidential race in Texas, Joe Straus' priorities for the next session and how Texas schools fared in the latest college rankings.

On this week's TribCast, Emily talks to Ross, Patrick and Edgar about new presidential polling numbers, shocking maternal mortality figures in Texas and a looming legislative fight over pre-K.

This week on the TribCast, Patrick talks to Alexa, Evan and Ross about the Tribune’s Unholstered investigation, Donald Trump’s trip to Mexico and Rick Perry joining the next season of “Dancing With the Stars” as well as speculation that the former governor would challenge Ted Cruz.

On this week's TribCast, Emily talks to Evan, Ross and Patrick about Donald Trump's newsworthy swing through Texas, a dildo-heavy campus carry protest at UT-Austin and a legal strike against President Obama's policy on transgender students.

On this week's TribCast, Emily talks to Evan, Ross and Patrick about Rick Perry keeping the Khan family in the headlines and Donald Trump's polling numbers in Texas.

This week on the TribCast, Emily talks to Ross, Abby and Kirby about George P. Bush's political calculus in backing Donald Trump, Ted Cruz's efforts to reconnect with Texas voters and the state's complicated relationship with NAFTA.

On this week's TribCast, Emily talks to Evan, Ross and Matthew about the anniversary of the UT Tower shooting and the rollout of campus carry, Gov. Greg Abbott's comments on Donald Trump's takedown of a Gold Star family and Texas' first Independent lawmaker in four decades.

On this week's TribCast, Emily talks to Evan, Aman and Jim about the drama at the DNC, the political futures of Texas' Castro brothers and the 5th Circuit ruling upending Texas' voter ID law.

On this special edition of the TribCast, Emily talks with Evan, Ross and Aman about Ted Cruz's now-notorious convention non-endorsement — and what it means for his political future.

On this week's TribCast, Emily talks to Evan, Ross and Aman about key Texans at the Republican National Convention and HUD Secretary Julian Castro's violation of the Hatch Act.

On this week's TribCast, Emily talks to Ross, Patrick and Terri about the tragedy in Dallas, Gov. Greg Abbott's injuries and which state leaders will be at the GOP convention.

On this week's TribCast, Emily talks to Evan, Jay and Alexa about the state's long-awaited release of abortion statistics, the Trib's yearlong Bordering on Insecurity project and Donald Trump's recent Texas hires.

On this week's TribCast, Emily talks with Ross, Patrick and Alexa about the aftermath of the Supreme Court's abortion ruling, what Brexit means to Texas secessionists, and polling on the Donald Trump-Hillary Clinton matchup in Texas.

On this week's TribCast, Emily talks with Evan, Ross and Edgar about Julian Castro's vice presidential prospects, Donald Trump's meager campaign cash and health care cuts affecting Texas children with disabilities.

On this week's TribCast, Emily talks to Evan, Ross and Patrick about the Texas response to the Orlando mass-shooting, new poll numbers that show a wide gap between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, and a flap over scrapping STAAR test scores.

On this week's TribCast — or should we say TrumpCast — Emily talks to Ross, Patrick and Jim about a Texas congressman's open letter to the presumptive GOP nominee and the conspiracy theorist at the helm (sort of) of the Travis County Republican Party.

On this week's TribCast, Emily talks to Ross, Morgan and Matthew about the ongoing Texas bathroom wars, the fallout from Baylor's sexual assault investigation and Hillary Clinton's theory that Texas could be in play for Democrats.