Eva-Marie Ayala, reporter for The Dallas Morning News, moderated the “Testing, Accountability and College Readiness” panel featuring Art Cavazos, HD Chambers, Paul Cruz, Steve Flores and Susan Simpson Hull at The Texas Tribune Festival on Sept. 23, 2017.

Speaker of the Texas House Joe Straus, R-San Antonio, is interviewed by The Texas Tribune CEO Evan Smith at The Texas Tribune Festival on Sept. 23, 2017.

Evan Smith, CEO of The Texas Tribune, interviewed Tim Dunn, CEO of CrownQuest Operating and chairman of Empower Texans, at The Texas Tribune Festival on Sept. 24, 2016.

Jim Henson, director of the Texas Politics Project, moderated the “House Agenda” panel featuring Carol Alvarado, Linda Koop, Drew Springer, Jonathan Stickland, Chris Turner and Gene Wu at The Texas Tribune Festival on Sept. 24, 2016.

Jim Henson, director of the Texas Politics Project, moderated the “Senate Agenda” panel featuring Dawn Buckingham, Konni Burton, Sylvia Garcia, Juan “Chuy” Hinojosa, José Rodríguez and Van Taylor at The Texas Tribune Festival on Sept. 24, 2016.

Ross Ramsey, executive editor of The Texas Tribune, moderated the “Agency Agenda” panel featuring James Bass, Mike Morath, Raymund Paredes and Charles Smith at The Texas Tribune Festival on Sept. 24, 2016.

Ross Ramsey, executive editor of The Texas Tribune, interviewed Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick at The Texas Tribune Festival on Sept. 24, 2016.

Patrick Svitek, reporter for The Texas Tribune, moderated the “Trumping of the Republican Primary” panel featuring Sarah Isgur Flores, Jason Johnson, Rob Johnson and John Weaver at The Texas Tribune Festival on Sept. 24, 2016.

Shefali Luthra, web reporter for Kaiser Health News, moderated the “Texas and Zika" panel featuring Ann Barnes, Nicole Collier, John Hellerstedt and Martha Rac at The Texas Tribune Festival on Sept. 24, 2016.

Jim Malewitz, reporter for The Texas Tribune, moderated the “Local Control — or Control the Locals?” panel featuring Don Huffines, Philip Kingston, Ron Nirenberg, Matt Rinaldi and Beth Van Duyne at The Texas Tribune Festival on Sept. 24, 2016.