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Director, Texas Politics Project<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Henson directs the Texas Politics Project, a collection of enterprises designed to encourage informed interest and engagement in Texas politics and government.   In that role, he founded and co-directs the University of Texas\/Texas Tribune Poll, the only open-access, public survey of public opinion in Texas.  The data sets for those surveys are available in the polling section of the Texas Politics website.  He also writes about politics for The Texas Tribune, and is a frequent resource for news media, researchers, and civic and interest groups on Texas politics and government. He also coordinates the Government Department's internship program. He is the principal author of Texas Politics,<\/em> a webtext that incorporates original media and polling data, that is used in introductory Texas government courses across the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Henson was appointed to the City of Austin Ethics Review Commission in 2009 by the Austin City Council, and served as chairman of the commission from 2010 to 2012.  He is currently a member of the advisory board of The Subiendo Academy in the McCombs School of Business at UT-Austin.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bayliss is a reporter on the Austin-American Statesman's state politics
desk, covering the Texas Legislature and state and federal courts. Her
work focuses on political, social and cultural divides, including those
relating to abortion. She is also a data journalist. In the past, she
reported for USA TODAY and The Philadelphia Inquirer and taught English
in Marseille, France. She graduated from Swarthmore College in 2021 with
a major in English and minors in Computer Science and French.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Abortion legislation moving in the Texas Legislature, internecine GOP conflict in the Texas House, and more with the Austin American-Statesman’s Bayliss Wagner<\/a><\/blockquote>