Matthew Watkins
Editor-in-Chief at Texas Tribune
Editor-in-chief at @texastribune. Aggie. Winner of the 2011 Texas Christmas Tree Growers Award for business writing. Ask me about my kids.
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1 week ago |
click2houston.com | Matthew Watkins
Published: May 27, 2025 at 3:37 PMSign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. In this week's episode, Matthew and Eleanor talk with politics reporter Jasper Scherer about education funding, the effort ban THC and how conservative priorities are sailing through the legislative session in Texas this year. And the gang discussed what Eleanor learned about state politics from a recent tennis match.
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1 week ago |
yahoo.com | Matthew Watkins
In this week's episode, Matthew and Eleanor talk with politics reporter Jasper Scherer about education funding, the effort ban THC and how conservative priorities are sailing through the legislative session in Texas this year. And the gang discussed what Eleanor learned about state politics from a recent tennis match. Watch the video above, or subscribe to the TribCast on iTunes, Spotify, or RSS. New episodes every Tuesday.
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3 weeks ago |
ksat.com | Matthew Watkins
TexasPublished: May 13, 2025 at 4:12 PMTags: Politics, housing, politics, video, Texas Legislature (Jordan Vonderhaar For The Texas Tribune, Jordan Vonderhaar For The Texas Tribune)Recommended VideosHaving trouble viewing? Watch this video on texastribune.org. Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.
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3 weeks ago |
click2houston.com | Matthew Watkins
Published: May 13, 2025 at 4:12 PMTags: Politics, housing, politics, video, Texas LegislatureSign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. In this week’s episode, Matthew and Eleanor are joined by Urban Affairs Reporter Joshua Fechter and Texas 2036 Policy Analyst Emily Brizzolara-Dove to discuss Texas’ rising home prices and the steps the Legislature is taking to reduce them.
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3 weeks ago |
texastribune.org | Matthew Watkins
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. In this week’s episode, Matthew and Eleanor are joined by Urban Affairs Reporter Joshua Fechter and Texas 2036 Policy Analyst Emily Brizzolara-Dove to discuss Texas’ rising home prices and the steps the Legislature is taking to reduce them. They also explore what lawmakers can learn from the Netflix show Emily in Paris, and research the concept of human composting.
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A bill that has passed the Texas Senate would allow people to sue abortion pill providers, would ban state judges from assessing its constitutionality and would allow any state judge who rules it unconstitutional to be personally sued for $100,000. https://t.co/nzzgDM7rdg
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A must-read: Alex Fairly was on a path to be Texas’ next Tim Dunn — a sharp-elbowed megadonor poised to spend big to push the state further right. Then he learned more about about Dunn’s tactics and had a change of heart. https://t.co/nWXk54bpYo https://t.co/UxrNgPXlKv