As chair of the Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Charles Perry, R-Lubbock, has spent recent months trying to gather support for state action on water needs.
Join The Texas Tribune in Austin or online when Texas Tribune Editor-in-Chief Matthew Watkins sits down with Perry to discuss water infrastructure and other legislative priorities for 2025.
Join The Texas Tribune on Thursday, Feb. 13 for this conversation with State Sen. Charles Perry. Doors open at 7:30 a.m. and the hour long conversation will begin at 8 a.m.
This event will be held at the Tribune’s Studio 919, 919 Congress Ave., Sixth Floor, in Austin.
This event is eligible for Continuing Education Credits through ATPE.Â
Parking will not be provided. Street and garage parking as well as ride-sharing are recommended.
Coffee will be provided by The Tribune.
This in-person event will be simultaneously streamed for virtual attendees and will be available to watch on demand afterward at texastribune.org/events.
Email us at events@texastribune.org
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State Sen. Charles Perry is a lifelong West Texan and a practicing CPA from Lubbock. He was elected to the Texas Senate in 2014 after serving two terms in the Texas House of Representatives. Perry currently chairs the Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs and is vice chair of the Senate Health and Human Services Committee.
Watkins began serving as editor in chief of the Tribune in September 2024. He is a Texas native, born in Houston and raised in Austin. He attended public schools and graduated from Texas A&M University. He’s spent nearly two decades in Texas journalism, and previously worked at The Eagle in Bryan-College Station and The Dallas Morning News. Matthew joined the Tribune in 2015 has held various roles, including higher education reporter, breaking news editor and politics editor.
Latson is the CEO of Opportunity Austin. Previously, he founded and served as executive director for ARMA, the Austin Regional Manufacturers Association, a business group focused on strengthening the advanced manufacturing community through advocacy, workforce development and networking. Latson is also a member of Gov. Greg Abbott’s Semiconductor Taskforce.
Packer is president and CEO of the New Braunfels Chamber, a membership organization representing more than 1,600 businesses. The chamber advocates for sound public policy, serves as the destination marketing organization for New Braunfels and manages Confluence, a public-private economic development initiative.
Cisneros is chair of the infrastructure investment firm American Triple I. He is also vice chair of the board of directors and equity owner of Shank Williams Cisneros & Co. LLC and principal of Siebert Williams Shank & Co. LLC. He was mayor of San Antonio from 1981-89 and secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development under President Bill Clinton from 1993-97.
