Texas Tribune TribCast

From elephants to Islam, TribCast recaps the biggest GOP event of the year with reporters Alejandro Serrano and Renzo Downey.

In this week’s episode, the TribCast team talks to  Phillip Kaufman, head of Texas A&M’s entomology department, and Josh Winegarner from the Texas Cattle Feeders Association about the arrival of screwworm in Texas.

What Texans can learn from the past and future of Austin's multi-billion dollar public transit overhaul.

TribCast is joined by D.C. correspondent Gabby Birenbaum and James Barragán, host of Capitol Tonight, to unpack the raucous runoffs.

TribCast looks into declining public school enrollment and other impacts of the federal immigration crackdown.

From Senate to Railroad Commission, TribCast dives into the most contentious races we'll be watching on May 26

Now that the Supreme Court has significantly weakened a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, what does it mean for Texas voters?

State Sen. Sarah Eckhardt won the Democratic nomination for Texas comptroller in March.
On Wednesday, April 29th Eckhardt met with Matthew Watkins, the Tribune's editor-in-chief, for a conversation about the candidate’s goals for the office, her relationships with the state's top leaders and the upcoming general election.

As Texas lawmakers prepare to tackle the thorny data center issue next session, what can we learn from Virginia's experience?

In this week's episode, Matthew speaks with Texas Tribune politics reporter Alejandro Serrano and Houston Chronicle reporter Abby Church over Gov. Greg Abbott's treat to pull more than $200 million in law enforcement funds from Houston, Dallas and Austin unless their police start cooperating with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

In this week's episode, Matthew speaks with the Republican nominee for comptroller about his plans for office, waste in state government and his relationship with Gov. Greg Abbott.

Rep. Salman Bhojani, one of the first Muslim state legislators, joins TribCast to talk about the backlash his community has experienced in state government and the GOP primaries.

In this week's episode, Matthew and Eleanor speak with Tribune K-12 education reporter Jaden Edison about who applied for Texas Education Freedom Accounts, what's next for the program and why many Muslim schools were shut out.

Texas' sprawling immigration lockups are serving as a national blueprint. What's life like for detainees?

What does Corpus’ looming water crisis mean for the rest of the state?

In this week's episode, we're joined by Mark Davis, host of The Mark Davis Show in Dallas-Fort Worth, to discuss whether Donald Trump will endorse pick a side in the John Cornyn-Ken Paxton runoff and what impact that would have.

The 2026 Texas primary elections mark a pivotal moment in a state where many races are effectively decided long before Election Day. There are more than 18 statewide elected officials up for election, along with Texas’ members of Congress, state legislators, district-based judges and local elected officials.

The morning after March 3rd’s election, TribCast co-host and Tribune law and politics reporter Eleanor Klibanoff spoke with a panel of political reporters about what the election results mean for the state going forward.

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The 2026 Texas primary elections mark a pivotal moment in a state where many races are effectively decided long before Election Day. There are more than 18 statewide elected officials up for election, along with Texas’ members of Congress, state legislators, district-based ju...

In this week's episode, Matthew talks with Robert Moore, CEO of El Paso Matters, about the federal government briefly pausing air travel into El Paso. What does it say about the federal government, border security and the lives of El Pasoans?

TribCast is joined by Democratic strategist and content creator Olivia Julianna and political reporter Kayla Guo to unpack what all the recent social media drama means about the Democratic party

In this week's episode, Matthew and Eleanor speak with Matt Boms about the Texas electrical grid's strong performance during the recent winter storm. Does that mean the problems of 2021 are behind us?

TribCast dives into whether President Trump's plan to get U.S. companies to rebuild Venezuela's oil industry will have repercussions in Texas.

With immigration enforcement ramping up in Texas, Texas Tribune reporter Colleen DeGuzman and immigration attorney Paul Pirela join TribCast to discuss.

Eleanor and Matthew dig into the dueling proposals that seem to be teeing up a contentious property tax fight.

For this week's episode, Matthew and Eleanor look ahead in the new year to discuss Gov. Greg Abbott's power, Democrats chances and the issues that will dominate election season.

As the TribCast team takes a holiday break, we bring you this recording from The Texas Tribune Festival of interviews with three Republican candidates for statewide office.

As the TribCast team takes a holiday break, we bring you this recording of Matthew's interview with U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico from The Texas Tribune Festival.

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The rise in state takeovers of school districts
Tribune education reporters join TribCast to unpack the recent spate of state takeovers of school districts and what it says about our systems for measuring academic performance.

With the candidate filing deadline behind us, TribCast digs into the musical chairs that awaits voters in 2026.

In this week's episode, Matthew and Eleanor speak with K-12 education reporter Jaden Edison and early learning advocate David Feigen about the shortage of affordable child care in Texas and how the school voucher program may or might not help.

What congressional map will Texas be using for the fast-approaching 2026 midterms? It's up to the Supreme Court to decide.

In this week's episode, Matthew and Eleanor are joined live at The Texas Tribune Festival by former House Speaker Dade Phelan. He discusses his exit from elected office and his concerns about the state of Texas politics.

Kate Rogers joins TribCast to discuss her decision to resign from leading the organization that oversees the Alamo historic site amid political pressure

Texas Tribune reporters Terri Langford and Gabby Birenbaum join the Tribcast to discuss how Texans are coping with the loss of SNAP benefits, chaos at airports and rising health care premiums amid partisan fighting in Washington.

Texas Politics Project’s Joshua Blank joins the TribCast to walk through the 17 constitutional amendments on the ballot this November

Matthew and Eleanor are joined by Tribune D.C. reporter Gabby Birenbaum and radio host Chad Hasty to unpack the three candidates vying to be the Republican nominee for Senate in 2026

In this week’s episode, the TribCast crew is joined by Tribune reporter Kayla Guo to break down the evidence in the Robert Roberson death penalty case.

In El Paso, a three-judge panel is hearing a legal challenge to Texas’ new congressional map. Eleanor and Matthew talk to voting rights expert Justin Levitt about the case.

This week, Matthew and Eleanor speak with Eric Goff, founder of an energy policy advising firm, about the growth of wind and solar power in Texas and whether it will continue after recent federal efforts targeting the industry.

TribCast talks with Washington correspondent Gabby Birenbaum about how redistricting and retirements are set to reshape the state's representation in D.C.