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Donate Newsletters Events Audio Data Menu Close Donate Newsletters Events Audio Data News Applications, Graphics and Databases The Tribune is an authoritative source for providing user-friendly databases of public information. Our reporters and software engineers collaborate to present a full picture for readers, giving them the tools to be more thoughtful, productive and engaged citizens. We also use data to help tell other compelling stories about politics and policy in Texas. Copy link Featured coverage Almost 3.3 million Texans have filed for unemployment relief since mid-March by Anna Novak and Mitchell Ferman Updated: Aug. 27, 2020 The economic fallout from the coronavirus outbreak has left the economy heading into a recession, with almost 3.3 million Texans filing for unemployment relief since the beginning of the crisis in mid-March. Full Story Credit: Emily Albracht Texas reports more than 12,000 total deaths from coronavirus by Texas Tribune Staff Updated: 7 hours ago The state also reported 5,059 new cases and 265 new deaths due to the coronavirus. Full Story Credit: Emily Albracht Latest coverage Texas runoff 2020 results: Watch live updates here by Carla Astudillo Updated: July 15, 2020 Get all of Texas’ election results through The Texas Tribune’s coverage of the 2020 runoff races for U.S. Senate, U.S. House and the Texas Legislature. Full Story Here’s your Texas 2020 July runoff ballot by Carla Astudillo June 1, 2020 The 2020 Texas Democratic and Republican primary runoffs will take place July 14. See the full list of candidates, and find out who’s on your ballot based on where you live. Full Story Credit: Emily Albracht T-Squared: Introducing our new salaries explorer by Darla Cameron , Chris Essig and Mandi Cai May 20, 2020 The Texas Tribune is excited to launch a new and revamped version of our Government Salaries Explorer. Full Story Credit: Photo Illustration by Ben Hasson / Texas Tribune Search the Government Salaries Explorer by Darla Cameron , Chris Essig and Mandi Cai May 20, 2020 The Texas Tribune’s database of compensation for Texas state employees has been revamped. It includes detailed data for all of the 113 agencies in state government and every position at each of those agencies. Full Story Credit: Photo Illustration by Ben Hasson / Texas Tribune Coronavirus in Texas cities: See how social distancing could reduce stress on hospitals by Mandi Cai , Chris Essig and Darla Cameron April 7, 2020 New estimates from University of Texas at Austin researchers show what it would take to spread out hospitalizations in 22 Texas metro areas. Full Story Credit: Emily Albracht Texas primary 2020 results: Watch live updates here by Carla Astudillo March 3, 2020 Get all of Texas’ election results through The Texas Tribune’s coverage of the 2020 primary races for president, U.S. Senate, U.S. House and the Texas Legislature. Full Story Credit: Emily Albracht Here’s how many coronavirus cases there are in Texas — and everything else you need to know by Megan Menchaca and Allyson Ortegon Updated: May 26, 2020 How many cases? Where are they? Who is most at risk? Here are the answers to questions about how the new strain of coronavirus is playing out in Texas. Full Story Credit: Jordan Vonderhaar for The Texas Tribune Early voting is over. Here’s what turnout looked like in Texas’ 10 biggest counties. by Mandi Cai Updated: Feb. 29, 2020 Turnout was higher than in 2016 among Democrats, and lower among Republicans. Full Story Credit: Illustration by Emily Albracht/The Texas Tribune How are the top Democratic U.S. Senate candidates in Texas different? We asked them 11 questions to find out. by Darla Cameron , Anna Novak and Matthew Watkins Feb. 12, 2020 To help voters make sense of the U.S. Senate race, we asked the top candidates in the 2020 Democratic primary a series of simple questions designed to help voters understand their political and policy-based differences. Full Story Credit: Emily Albracht Voting in Texas on Super Tuesday: Everything you need to know by Carla Astudillo , Mandi Cai and Megan Menchaca Jan. 24, 2020 Primary election day is March 3. Here’s an overview of everything you need to know about casting a ballot in Texas. Full Story The best of the Tribune’s storytelling with data and graphics in 2019 by Darla Cameron Dec. 26, 2019 The Tribune’s data visuals team published more than 100 graphics about Texas politics and policy this year. Here’s a look back at some of our favorites. Full Story Credit: Emily Albracht/The Texas Tribune Here’s your Texas 2020 March primary ballot by Carla Astudillo Updated: Jan. 16, 2020 The Texas 2020 primary will take place on March 3. See the full list of candidates statewide, and find out who’s on your ballot based on where you live. Full Story Credit: Emily Albracht At least 25,000 people in Texas experience homelessness. Here’s what we know about Texans without homes. by Stephanie Adeline and Juan Pablo Garnham Dec. 9, 2019 Gov. Greg Abbott has focused attention on homeless Austin residents. But many more Texans are homeless in other parts of the state. Full Story Credit: Miguel Gutierrez Jr./The Texas Tribune Texas had 7 mass shootings over 10 years. Meanwhile, gun control has loosened statewide. by Mandi Cai and Stacy Fernández Nov. 12, 2019 Texas has a history of deadly mass shootings. Many have sparked public debate about what legislation should be passed to prevent another one. Full Story Credit: Ivan Pierre Aguirre for The Texas Tribune Half of registered Texas voters turned out in 2018. Just 12% turned out this year. by Alex Samuels and Stephanie Adeline Nov. 6, 2019 Turnout in odd-numbered years has always been historically low. While this year’s turnout is higher than in 2017, it’s still overwhelmingly low. Full Story Credit: Michael Stravato for The Texas Tribune Texas 2019 constitutional amendment election results by Carla Astudillo and Stephanie Adeline Updated: Nov. 6, 2019 Texas voters approved nine amendments to the state constitution, including a proposal making it harder to enact a personal income tax. One amendment was rejected. Full Story Credit: Eddie Gaspar/The Texas Tribune How the flow of migrants at the Texas border intersects with Trump’s policies by Mandi Cai and Connie Hanzhang Jin Updated: Aug. 6, 2020 The situation at the border is changing due to the coronavirus pandemic — U.S. Customs and Border Protection can now immediately return most migrants they apprehend or deem inadmissible. Encounters reported by CBP increased by more than 20% in July. Full Story Credit: REUTERS/Loren Elliott The number of migrant children in Texas shelters dropped dramatically in 2019 by Darla Cameron and Edgar Walters Updated: Dec. 20, 2019 For the sixth month in a row, the number of migrant children in Texas shelters decreased in November. Full Story Credit: Eddie Gaspar/The Texas Tribune Five takeaways from the $80 million raised by Texas campaigns the first half of this year by Carla Astudillo Aug. 16, 2019 Gov. Greg Abbott is a fundraising juggernaut, and Republicans still dominate campaign finance in the state. Full Story Credit: Austin Price for The Texas Tribune Three Texas school districts face state penalties after getting failing grades. Look up your campus’ A-F grade here. by Aliyya Swaby , Mandi Cai and Chris Essig Updated: Aug. 15, 2019 Houston ISD, the state’s largest school district, is among those that could have its school board taken over by the state, due to consecutive low ratings of one of its schools. Full Story Credit: Laura Skelding for The Texas Tribune Explore our data Government Salaries Explorer Review the compensation of state government employees in Texas. Elected Officials Directory Bios, contact information and more for the occupants of the state’s highest offices. Texas Public Schools Explorer Demographics, academic performance, college readiness and average teacher salaries for Texas’ public schools. Higher Ed Outcomes Learn...