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The 2023 Texas Tribune Festival in photos

Here’s a look back at the 2023 Texas Tribune Festival through the eyes of Tribune photographers.

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Two Texas Democrats detail how they hope to topple U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz

U.S. Rep. Colin Allred and state Sen. Roland Gutierrez, who will meet in the 2024 Democratic primary, talked about gun laws, abortion and bipartisanship in separate Texas Tribune Festival panels.

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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 abortion restrictions are impractical and resource-draining, Texas prosecutors say

District attorneys for Harris, Kaufman, Fort Bend counties voiced concerns over state’s new abortion law at the 2022 Texas Tribune Festival.

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After cancer-causing chemicals were found in Fifth Ward soil, Houston mayor says cleanup plans are inadequate

The city’s health department found dioxins in soil samples along the fence line of a Union Pacific rail yard. Mayor Sylvester Turner said during the 2022 Texas Tribune Festival that plans to clean up the contamination should now include relocating residents.

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Liz Cheney says she will do whatever it takes to keep Donald Trump from the White House, even if it means leaving the GOP

The top Republican on the House Jan. 6 committee urged voters to prioritize preserving democracy over policy differences during this year’s midterms at The Texas Tribune Festival.

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Karl Rove says Texas’ abortion law is too extreme

The veteran Republican strategist made the comment Saturday at the 2022 Texas Tribune Festival in Austin.

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Ted Cruz denounces new gun restrictions as he argues with hecklers in Austin

Speaking at The Texas Tribune Festival, Cruz said armed security is a better way to keep schools safe.

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Beto O’Rourke shrugs off polling deficit, promises he won’t let down Democrats in South Texas

The Democratic nominee for governor said during The Texas Tribune Festival that he’s counting on a big turnout of voters energized by the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade.

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Ted Cruz says Texas’ migrant busing exposes hypocrisy of Democrats and media

The junior U.S. senator from Texas spoke Saturday at the 2022 Texas Tribune Festival about his beef with the Biden administration, the battle for the soul of the GOP and whether he plans to run for president again.

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Watch a panel on Roe v. Wade at the 2022 Texas Tribune Festival

Ana Marie Cox moderates a conversation about women’s health, women’s rights and an uncertain future with former state Sen. Wendy Davis, state Rep. Donna Howard and Planned Parenthood CEO Alexis McGill Johnson.

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Ahead of the 2023 session, Texas lawmakers previewed their objectives. Here are five things you need to know.

Texas lawmakers on both sides of the aisle talked schools, abortion and guns in advance of next year’s session in a range of panels at The Texas Tribune Festival.

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Republican Texas senator says he will support new rape exceptions for abortion

One of the longest-serving Republican state senators, Robert Nichols is among the first to say publicly he’d support revising the state’s abortion prohibition. He spoke Friday at The Texas Tribune Festival.

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Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan rules out raising the minimum age to buy a firearm

At the 2022 Texas Tribune Festival, the Texas House speaker also signaled willingness to consider exceptions to the state’s abortion ban.

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Watch Hillary Clinton speak at the 2022 Texas Tribune Festival

The former U.S. secretary of state on her progressive vision for America.

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Republican Texas Congressman Dan Crenshaw takes aim at his own party’s “woke right” for stoking division

In an interview at The Texas Tribune Festival, Crenshaw harshly criticized extremists at both ends of the political spectrum.

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Watch Glenn Youngkin speak at the 2022 Texas Tribune Festival

The Virginia governor on his headline-making election, his conservative policy agenda and 2024.

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Pete Buttigieg blasts Texas Republicans on handling of migrants, LGBTQ rights

At the 2022 Texas Tribune Festival, Buttigieg said the efforts of Gov. Greg Abbott and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in sending migrants to Democrat-led cities are “hurting people in order to get attention.”

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Watch Michael V. Drake and J.B. Milliken speak at the 2022 Texas Tribune Festival

The leaders of California’s and Texas’ iconic public university systems on the challenges and opportunities for higher ed in the nation’s most populous states.

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New York Mayor Eric Adams slams Greg Abbott for refusing to coordinate migrant busing effort

In an interview for The Texas Tribune Festival, Adams called the Texas governor’s program shipping migrants to his city “inhumane” and “un-American.”

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Watch Cecile Richards speak at the 2022 Texas Tribune Festival

The former president of Planned Parenthood on the end of Roe v. Wade and the fight for gender equity.

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Watch Pete Souza speak at the 2022 Texas Tribune Festival

The legendary presidential photographer on what he saw in the West Wing and beyond — and how to take a good picture.

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Watch Jen Psaki speak at the 2022 Texas Tribune Festival

The former White House press secretary on what it was like behind that podium and why she wants to be the one asking the questions.

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Watch Anthony Fauci speak at the 2022 Texas Tribune Festival

The nation’s top infectious disease specialist on the pandemic without end and his future plans.

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Watch Jason Kander speak at the 2022 Texas Tribune Festival

The Army veteran and former Missouri secretary of state on service, sacrifice and his new book.

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