Jim and Josh try to figure out what we might have learned from the first week of Ken Paxton’s trial in the Texas Senate, and look at interesting results on Texas’ border buoys and public education.

Jim & Josh discuss results from a new UT/Texas Politics Project Poll that finds Republican still divided or withholding judgment with suspended Attorney General Ken Paxton’s trial is set to begin.

Jim and Josh look at Texas polling data suggesting most Texans hadn’t heard enough about Ken Paxton’s legal problems to consider his reelection evidence of forgiveness.

Jim Henson and Josh Blank discuss the politics of Greg Abbott’s latest testing of the boundaries of support for his border policies, and look at the impact in Texas, or lack thereof, of the latest Trump indictments.

Jim Henson talks with Lauren McGaughy of the Dallas Morning News about the latest developments in the trials of Ken Paxton.

Jim and Josh take a close look Texans’ reviews of the legislature’s action on policies in the state and the generally mediocre reviews of the 88th Legislature (so far). 

Daron Shaw and Joshua Blank join Jim Henson for a conversation about Texans’ largely lackluster reviews of the Texas legislature session in the just-released June UT/Texas Politics Project Poll.

Jim and Josh discuss the impact (or lack thereof) of Republican legal issues on politics and public opinion in Texas.

Jim and Josh discuss Texas Republicans’ curious failure to agree on a plan for delivering a central campaign promise as Dan Patrick pushes back hard against the Governor and the Texas House.

Jim and Josh talk about Gov. Greg Abbott’s quick call for a special session and the politics of Attorney General Ken Paxton’s impeachment and his looming trial in the senate.