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A Conversation with Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst

For the ninth event in [their] TribLive series, [Texas Tribune CEO Evan Smith] interviewed Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst about the budget shortfall, state-federal tensions, immigration, why he doesn’t release his taxes and his future plans.

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Texas Tribune Interview with Texas House Speaker Joe Straus

For the first of Texas Tribune’s TribLive events, Texas Tribune Editor-in-Chief and CEO Evan Smith interviewed the Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives about his first session leading his colleagues, the coming budget turmoil, the controversial plans for a renovation of the Governor’s Mansion, the “scary as hell” health care reforms in play in Congress, and, of course, the titanic battle of Rick vs. Kay.