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The 2025 Texas Tribune Festival in photos

Images from this year's festival, which ended Saturday in Austin.

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Texas superintendents say school takeovers aren’t a sustainable way to boost student learning

School district leaders said the state’s increasing reliance on takeovers to improve academic performance threatens local control. The emergence of private school vouchers could pose another challenge.

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Meet the candidates vying to be Texas attorney general in the post-Paxton era

At the Texas Tribune Festival, Republican and Democratic candidates made their case for why they should be the state’s top lawyer.

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U.S. Senate hopeful Colin Allred criticizes rival James Talarico for accepting billionaire Adelson’s donations

Allred’s comments at The Texas Tribune Festival marked the first time either leading Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate publicly criticized the other.

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Joaquin Castro on why a Democratic Senate logjam stopped him from running for AG

The San Antonio Democrat said at The Texas Tribune Festival that he hoped to form a statewide slate with Colin Allred, Beto O’Rourke and James Talarico, but the group couldn’t find consensus.

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Texas still needs a plan for its growing water supply issues, experts say

Panelists at The Texas Tribune Festival shared their opinions on what the state should do after voters approved a historic investment in water infrastructure.

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Former National Security Adviser John Bolton: GOP will become “Reaganite party” again post-Trump

The indicted former national security adviser, who served under the president, spoke during The Texas Tribune Festival.

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Champions of truth and democracy, the Tribune’s fall fellows are eager to represent and serve Texas

Student fellows support vital initiatives like the Texas Tribune Festival and provide in-depth coverage of key issues.

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Revisit the highlights and top interviews from the 2024 Texas Tribune Festival

Politicians broke news and took tough questions during the three-day festival.

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Liz Cheney says Dick Cheney will vote for Kamala Harris, and she will support Democrat Colin Allred in Texas Senate race

Liz Cheney endorsed Allred at The Texas Tribune Festival Friday.

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Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones urges Texans to get organized, learn from history

In an interview for The Texas Tribune Festival, the journalist urged Texans to organize in response to the state’s book bans and restrictions on public school lessons.

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New anti-DEI law for public Texas colleges presents hiring challenges

The law requires publicly-funded universities and colleges to close their diversity, equity and inclusion offices, creating hiring challenges.

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Texas lawmakers will have new money going into special session on education, comptroller says

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar says the state has collected more from insurance premiums that he had previously predicted. He suggested lawmakers invest more in teacher pay raises.

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Meet the newest class of Tribune fellows

Fellows play key roles in the most important work of the Tribune, helping with The Texas Tribune Festival and covering the biennial legislative sessions, education and the environment, among other important topics.

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