Episode 112: Legislative Review
As the Legislature moves into its final month, Special Session reviews the week's events, what passed, what failed, and why it matters to you.
Panelists:
- Harvey Kronberg, Quorum Report and News 8 Austin
- Jason Embry, Austin American-Statesman
- Robert Garrett, The Dallas Morning News
Harvey
Kronberg
Harvey Kronberg is the publisher and editor of the Quorum Report. QR
is an online news source publishing news about state government and
politics in real time. Kronberg started as a contract writer in 1989
and bought
the publication in 1998 at which point it was transformed from a biweekly
print publication to an online news service.
Jason
Embry
Jason Embry covers statewide education issues, school finance and state
spending for the Austin American-Statesman. He previously wrote
about politics and education at the Waco Tribune-Herald. He's
a graduate of Southwestern University in Georgetown.
Robert
Garrett
Bob Garrett is a reporter in the Austin Bureau of The Dallas Morning
News. He covers the state budget, social programs and politics.
He has been at The News since 2002 and previously covered politics
and public policy for The (Riverside, Calif.) Press-Enterprise, The (Louisville, Ky.) Courier-Journal and the Dallas
Times Herald. A native of Fort Worth, he has a bachelor's degree
from Harvard University and in1993-94 was a John S. Knight Journalism
Fellow at Stanford University.
