Whether it’s education, the state budget or housing affordability, Texas’ state lawmakers will have their hands full when they convene next year for the 2025 legislative session.
Join The Texas Tribune for a conversation with Sen. Nathan Johnson, D-Dallas and Rep. Morgan Meyer, R-University Park on their priorities for the 2025 session and what it all means for Dallas residents.Â
The conversation will be moderated by Texas Tribune politics reporter James Barragán.Â
Join us at 12 p.m. Thursday, July 11, at Dallas College's Mountain View campus. The event will take place in the Performance Hall in Building E. Please park in the P2 parking lot.
Doors will open at 12 p.m. for lunch and the hourlong conversation will begin at 12:30 p.m.
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Lunch will be provided by the Texas Tribune
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This in-person event will be live streamed for virtual attendees and will be available to watch on demand at texastribune.org/events.
Email us at events@texastribune.org
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Johnson represents almost a million Dallas County residents in Senate District 16. He is vice chair of the Jurisprudence Committee and a member of the Senate committees on Business and Commerce; Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs; and Administration. He also serves on the Texas Sunset Advisory Commission.
First elected in 2014 and now in his fifth term as a Texas State Representative, Meyer serves as chair of the House Ways and Means Committee and is a vocal leader on such issues as public education, the fight against human trafficking, and fiscal responsibility. He has authored and led to pass Texas’ most comprehensive laws on trafficking, played an instrumental role in the passage of HB 3, the transformative school finance bill, and has led the charge to lower property taxes.
James Barragán is a politics reporter for The Texas Tribune with a focus on accountability reporting. Prior to joining the Tribune, James worked as a statehouse reporter for The Dallas Morning News and had previous stints at the Austin American-Statesman and the Los Angeles Times. In 2021, he was a finalist for the Toner Prize for Excellence in Local Reporting for his coverage of Texas politics during the COVID-19 pandemic. James was selected as a Nieman Fellow at Harvard in 2023-24. A Southern California native, James received his bachelor’s degree in history from UCLA. He is based in Austin and is a native Spanish speaker.
