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On the Records: A Data Challenge for Texas

• by Matt Stiles
• December 7, 2009

What are state and local governments in Texas doing to make raw data available to the public? Not much.

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Partisan Rankings by District

• by Matt Stiles
• November 16, 2009

Find the safest partisan districts -- and those likely to be 2010 battlegrounds -- by searching The Texas Tribune Index.  Full Story

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Search: Ron Paul's 2011 Presidential Campaign Donors

• by Ryan Murphy
• November 2, 2009

Use our news application to search federal campaign donations to U.S. Rep Ron Paul in 2011 and see who has financially supported his second presidential bid.

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Federal Campaign Donations: PACs

• by Matt Stiles
• October 30, 2009

Search for federal campaign contributions made by political committees to members of Congress and U.S. Senate candidates from Texas from Jan. 1, 2007 to now.  Full Story

Federal Campaign Donations: Individuals

• by Matt Stiles
• October 29, 2009

Search for federal campaign contributions made by individuals by members of Congress and U.S. Senate candidates from Texas from Jan. 1, 2007 to now.  Full Story

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Search: Ron Paul's 2011 Presidential Campaign Expenses

• by Ryan Murphy
• October 8, 2009

Use our news application to search federal campaign expenditures by U.S. Rep. Ron Paul in 2011 and see where his campaign has spent its money in his second bid for the Republican presidential nomination.

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Search U.S. Homeland Security Purchases

• by Matt Stiles
• March 7, 2009

Search more than 25,000 individual purchases made by Texas cities and counties with the assistance of U.S. Homeland Security grants from 2003 to 2008.  Full Story