The tricky politics of agenda management as the Texas Legislature reluctantly returns for a special session
With adopting the new Congressional maps ordered by Donald Trump and response to the July 4 floods at the top of the agenda, James Henson and Joshua Blank talk about the politics of agenda management as the Texas Legislature prepares to return to the Capitol next week for a politically-fraught special session.
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Texans weigh in on the 89th Texas Legislature in the June 2025 UT/Texas Politics Project Poll
In a webinar hosted June 26 by the Professional Advocacy Association of Texas, James Henson and Johsua Blank look at attitudes on issues and actors in the regular session of the 89th Texas Legislature in a special video edition of the podcast.
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Interpreting Trump’s Standing in Texas in the New UT/Texas Politics Project Poll
The UT/Texas Politics Project Poll team – James Henson, Joshua Blank, and Daron Shaw – look at the much-noted decline in President Trump’s job approval numbers in their June pol and how Trump’s standing intersects attitudes on the economy and immigration, as well as what can be read into the current positions of Senator John […]
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No Rest for the Weary as Immigration & Redistricting Politics Shatter the Post-Session Calm
James Henson and Joshua Blank talk about how immigration protests, the Trump administration’s push for redistricting in Texas, and the short-lived in-state tuition lawsuit have disturbed the post session lull in the Lone Star State.
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Another Texas Legislative Session is in the History Books
From ESA’s to property taxes to hurled hemp, James Henson and Joshua Blank take a day-after look at the 89th Texas Legislature and what lawmakers did and didn’t do over the last 140 days.
Analysis of Texas Politics by Jim and Josh from the Texas Politics Project.
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