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In this week’s episode, Matthew speaks with Reese and Mitchell about the fallout from sexual abuse allegations at a state-contracted children’s shelter and Russian threats against Texas’ energy infrastructure.

In this week’s episode, Matthew speaks with Andrew about Texans’ role in the confirmation hearing of Ketanji Brown Jackson and two important death penalty cases.

Gov. Greg Abbott’s controversial border mission was subject to a slew of bad news this week, including a major shakeup at the Texas Military Department, whose top leader Abbott replaced.

In this week’s episode, Matthew speaks with Eleanor and Sneha about Gov. Greg Abbott’s directive to open child abuse investigations into families providing gender-affirming care for their children.

We have something special for you today. It's an episode of City Cast Houston, a new podcast about Texas' largest city.

We have something special for you today. It's an episode of City Cast Houston, a new podcast about Texas' largest city.

The March primary in Texas is over, but in some ways campaign season is just beginning.In this special edition of TribCast, the Tribune’s weekly political podcast, Tribune reporters and editors Matthew Watkins, Alexa Ura, James Barragán, Patrick Svitek and Abby Livingston dissect what shook out of this week’s election. Recorded live on Mar. 2, 2022.

The March primary in Texas is over, but in some ways campaign season is just beginning.In this special edition of TribCast, the Tribune’s weekly political podcast, Tribune reporters and editors Matthew Watkins, Alexa Ura, James Barragán, Patrick Svitek and Abby Livingston dissect what shook out of this week’s election. Recorded live on Mar. 2, 2022.

On this week’s episode, Patrick Svitek and Kate McGee discuss the last push in some of the most interesting primary races on the ballot. But first, we discuss Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s proposal targeting tenure at public universities.

On this week’s episode, Matthew speaks with James and Alexa about Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s political power and problems with mail-in ballot applications.

In this week’s episode, Matthew and Ross break down the GOP primary for attorney general and highlight the other top races that have grabbed their interest.

In this week’s episode, Matthew speaks with Mitchell and James about how Texas held up during the wintry weather, plus the struggles of the National Guard during their border deployment.

On this week’s episode, Matthew speaks with Abby and Karen about U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar’s legal situation and whether the omicron wave is receding.

In this week’s episode, Matthew speaks with Jolie and Alexa about a potentially influential court case in Gov. Greg Abbott’s effort to arrest migrants at the border and a high rejection rate among applicants seeking to vote by mail.

In this week's episode, Matthew speaks with Karen and Patrick about the pandemic and Ted Cruz taking heat from conservatives over his comments about the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021.

On this week's episode, Matthew and Reese make sense of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision and what it means for abortion in Texas.

In this week’s episode, Matthew speaks with Mitchell, James and Karen about the status of the power grid and the pandemic heading into winter.

In this week's episode, Matthew talks with Cassie, James and Patrick about the early days of the Beto O'Rourke campaign and how the rest of the 2022 ballot is shaping up.

In this week’s episode, James talks with Jolie and Patrick about Gov. Greg Abbott's call for an investigation into books at public schools and the ramping up of the 2022 election season as candidate filing season begins.

In this week's episode, Matthew speaks with Patrick, Reese and Neelam about Tuesday's special election results, poll numbers in the governor's race and oral arguments in the U.S. Supreme Court over Texas' abortion law.