Past Contributions

• TribWeek: In Case You Missed It

  By Evan Smith Oct. 27, 2012

  Aguilar on the latest skirmish between Texas and the world, Batheja on driving 85, Galbraith on why electricity prices could be doubling, Hamilton on slowing college enrollment, Murphy, Chammah, Swartsell and White tally newspaper endorsements, Philpott looks back at a decade of GOP domination, Ramsey on loose talk about Rick Perry's plans, Rocha has the latest on Planned Parenthood's legal fight, Root on slurs and fists flying over Barack Obama in Lubbock and M. Smith reports from the school finance trial: The best of our best content from Oct. 22-26, 2012. Full Story 

• TribLive: A Conversation with Michael Burgess

  By Evan Smith Oct. 24, 2012

  At last Friday's quarterly meeting of the Texas Lyceum, I interviewed U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess, R-Lewisville, about the future of Medicaid and Medicare, Texans without insurance and the likely fate of the Affordable Care Act. Full Story 

• TribLive: A Conversation with Kay Bailey Hutchison

  By Evan Smith Oct. 22, 2012

  On Oct. 15, I talked with retiring U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, about health care, higher education, Rick Perry and assorted highlights of her nearly 20 years in office. Full Story 

• TribLive: The Future of Medicare

  By Evan Smith Oct. 17, 2012

  Full video of my Monday conversation about the future of Medicare with state Rep. Garnet Coleman, D-Houston, Anne Dunkelberg of the Center for Public Policy Priorities, John Goodman of the National Center for Policy Analysis and Leo Linbeck III of the Health Care Compact Alliance. Full Story 

• TribWeek: In Case You Missed It

  By Evan Smith Oct. 13, 2012

  Aaronson on Medicaid dental fraud, Aguilar on a new railroad line spanning Texas and Mexico, Galbraith on smart-meter angst, Grissom on wannabe Speaker Bryan Hughes, Hamilton on the coming battle over in-state tuition, Murphy maps presidential campaign contributors by Texas ZIP code, Ramsey on Tom DeLay's victories, Ramshaw on the first Davis-Shelton debate, Root on Chuy Hinojosa's mileage miscue and my conversation with three likely incoming Texas House members: The best of our best content from October 8-12, 2012. Full Story 

• TribLive: A Conversation with Three House Hopefuls

  By Evan Smith Oct. 12, 2012

  Full video of my TribLive conversation with three Texas House hopefuls: Republicans Stephanie Klick and Chris Paddie and Democrat Justin Rodriguez. Full Story 

• TribLive: New State Reps. on Speaker Politics

  By Evan Smith Oct. 11, 2012

  At this morning's TribLive conversation, presumptive incoming state Reps. Stephanie Klick, Chris Paddie and Justin Rodriguez were asked if they were prepared to sign pledge cards for Speaker Joe Straus or his challenger, state Rep. Bryan Hughes. Full Story 

• TribuneFest: A Conversation About Educating Latinos

  By Evan Smith Oct. 8, 2012

  At the 2012 Texas Tribune Festival, New York Times reporter Manny Fernandez talked about educating the emerging Hispanic majority with Sarita Brown of Excelencia in Education, Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD Superintendent Daniel King, South Texas College President Shirley Reed and University of Texas at Brownsville President Juliet Garcia. Full Story 

• TribLive: A Conversation with Greg Abbott

  By Evan Smith Oct. 5, 2012

  At Thursday's TribLive conversation, I talked with Attorney General Greg Abbott about voter ID, redistricting, the cost of suing the feds 24 times and whether he's going to run for governor. Full Story 

• TribuneFest: A Conversation About the Future of Water

  By Evan Smith Oct. 5, 2012

  At the 2012 Texas Tribune Festival, University of Texas at Austin professor Danny Reible talked about the future of water with Rebecca Motal of the Lower Colorado River Authority, Andy Sansom of Texas State University, Amy Hardberger of the Environmental Defense Fund and state Rep. Lyle Larson, R-San Antonio. Full Story