Blogs: Texas Politics Project

Gromer Jeffers, Jr., Brad Johnson, Mark Jones, and Harvey Kronberg joined James Henson for a roundtable hosted by the Professional Advocacy association of Texas on the second special session of the Texas Legislature – plus a sneak peak at new Texas Politics Project polling data on the same subject.

James Henson and Joshua Blank talk over some of the political and institutional implications of the mid-decade redistricting in Texas In the wake of Texas House Democrats' return to the Capitol and the passage of the hotly contested new Congressional map by the reconvened House.

James Henson and Joshua Blank discuss the uncertainty around Texas House Democrats' quorum break over mid-decade redistricting, and what the ensuing politics reveal about Texas politics.

From ESA's to property taxes to hurled hemp, James Henson and Joshua Blank take a day-after look at the the 89th Texas Legislature and what lawmakers did and didn't do over the last 140 days.

In a meeting of the Texas Politics Project poll team, Daron Shaw and Joshua Blank talk with James Henson about results in the April 2025 University of Texas / Texas Politics Project Poll.

James Henson talks with political reporter Austin American-Statesman's Bayliss Wagner about her coverage of abortion and other issues in the current session of the Texas Legislation, and other subjects including intra-party conflict in the House and the place of the Statesman in the Texas media environment.

James Henson talks with Harvey Kronberg, publisher and of Harvey Kronberg’s Quorum Report, about the vibes in the legislature as well as the longer trajectory of politics in the state, and the place of Quorum Report in the Texas media universe.

James Henson talks with Brad Johnson, political reporter and managing editor of The Texan, about recent happenings in the Texas Legislature, including the ESA bill voted out of the House Education Committee, the failed attempt to depose Speaker of the House Dustin Burrows, and Dan Patrick's presser this week. They also talk about The Texan's place in the Texas media universe, and other changes in the Texas media business.

James Henson talks with Jonathan Blitzer about the threads he pulled together in his profile of Texas Governor Greg Abbott for the March 17 issue of The New Yorker.

Daron Shaw, Josh Blank, and James Henson discuss news highs for Donald Trump amidst persistent economic concerns along with other new findings from the just-released February 2025 University of Texas/Texas Politics Project Poll.