We recorded our conversation in Austin with state Reps. Celia Israel and Paul Workman, moderated by Tribune CEO Evan Smith.
Israel, D-Austin, has represented House District 50 since 2014. She serves as vice chairwoman of the House Elections Committee and sits on the Transportation Committee. Previously, she served on the boards of the Greater Austin Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and the Alliance for Public Transportation. Israel is also a real estate agent with Home and Hearth Realty.
Workman, R-Austin, has represented House District 47 since 2011. He sits on the House Business & Industry and Natural Resources committees and the Subcommittee on Special Water Districts. Previously, he served 10 years in the U.S. Army Reserves. Workman is also the founder of Austin-based Workman Commercial Construction Services, Ltd.
– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
→ Subscribe for more videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/thetexastribune
→ Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/texastribune
→ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/texastribune
More info on Austin & the Legislature with Reps. Celia Israel & Paul Workman
-
Cancer prevention gets hope, put into the spotlight in 2025 Texas Legislature | Opinion
The last session of the Texas Legislature produced some of the country’s worst anti-vaccine bills in the country. Despite broad opposition, measures restricting employers’ rights and ...
-
Austin: Israeli operation in Rafah needs credible plan to evacuate Palestinian civilians'
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke to Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Wednesday and stressed the US position that any operation in the Gazan city of Rafah would need to include a plan to ...
-
Guns confiscated from anti-Israel protesters at UT Austin, University of South Florida
Firearms were confiscated at student protests at both the University of South Florida (USF) and the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) over the last two days, authorities say. Anti-Israel ...
-
GOP rep looks to remove FAFSA aid for students convicted of rioting, assaulting police in Israel protests
Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, will soon introduce legislation that would withhold federal financial aid from student protesters convicted of rioting or attacking police in the latest wave of anti ...
-
House lawmakers press Austin on Rafah, Israel aid and Gaza pier plans
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin testifies before the House Armed Services Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on April 30, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip ...
-
House lawmakers press Austin on Rafah, Israel aid and Gaza pier plans
House lawmakers on Tuesday pushed Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on civilian protection plans for an imminent Israeli attack on Rafah, an upcoming assessment of Israel’s compliance with U.S ...
-
Paul Mauro: Columbia has been mishandling anti-Israel campus protests from the start
Fox News contributor Paul Mauro discusses the differences in how the University of Texas at Austin and Columbia University have handled anti-Israel protests on 'America Reports.' A NATO country ...
-
UT Austin suspends Pro-Palestinian student group after anti-Israel protest
A Pro-Palestinian student group at the University of Texas at Austin shared on Friday that it was placed on interim suspension following the arrest of several students earlier this week.
-
Murder and rape in the dunes of pre-state Israel: The story of a hike turned horror
It was to be a two- or three-day hike from Tel Aviv to Herzliya. But they never finished their trek. They were friends and perhaps wanted to become lovers. They also loved the Land of Israel and ...
-
Rep. Jonathan Jackson blasts President Joe Biden for sending more military aid to Israel
Jackson, son of the Rev. Jesse Jackson, told theGrio he stands firm on not supporting Israel’s “offensive campaign in destroying Gaza.” Rep. Jonathan Jackson, D-Ill., and other members of ...