Welcome to the Pink Granite Blog

Follow along for professional development tips, written features of Texas political experts, and the occassional frivolous banter.

Browse The latest posts:

Personal Privilege

    I recently had the pleasure of getting to know Jillian Bliss – a staff attorney with the General Land Office. I’ll let her describe her work in our […]

Jillian Bliss: Staff Attorney at the Texas General Land Office

Interview

read more

After over a year of posting interviews on Pink Granite, I’ve slowly started to receive a stream of suggestions from readers regarding who they’d like to hear from working in […]

Denise Davis & Lisa Kaufman: Texas Contract Lobbyists

Interview

read more

Amy Rister has worked in various offices around the Texas Capitol for over a decade now – and she’s barely in her thirties! In this Pink Granite interview she brings […]

Amy Rister: Chief of Staff for Representative Poncho Nevárez

Interview

read more

    Being a relatively new lobbyist to the state of Texas myself, I was quick to survey the landscape when I arrived off the truck from Wisconsin in 2015. […]

Carrie Simmons: Texas Contract Lobbyist

Interview

read more

   As a testament to her support for other women working in and around the Texas Capitol – Lara Keel of the Texas Lobby Group never hesitated to be interviewed […]

Lara Keel: Texas Contract Lobbyist

Interview

read more

    I had the pleasure of meeting candidate for Texas HD 112 and her campaign manager, Tina during a recent visit to Dallas. We ran into one another at […]

Brandy Chambers: Democratic Nominee for Texas HD 112

Interview

read more

    I often shoot messages out into the internet via social media asking young women who they would like to hear from on Pink Granite. “Who should I interview […]

Missy Shorey: Dallas County GOP Chair

Interview

read more

    It is such a privilege to share this latest interview with Pink Granite readers. If you’ve been around Texas politics for awhile it’s likely that you know Jenifer […]

Jenifer Sarver: Candidate for Texas Congressional District 21

Interview

read more

    For many months I have lurked around Instagram, taking note of Legislative Director Molly Spratt’s personal posts on bullet journaling throughout the year. I’m always impressed with how […]

Molly Spratt: Legislative Director for Representative Dan Huberty

Interview

read more