Past Contributions

• Explore thousands of Texas public schools

  By Texas Tribune Staff Dec. 24, 2016

  Use the Tribune's Texas Public Schools Explorer to find graduation rates, test scores and more for all of the 1,219 school districts and 8,646 public school campuses in Texas. Full Story 

• Use our database to learn more about prison units across Texas

  By Texas Tribune Staff Dec. 23, 2016

  Use the Tribune's Texas Prison Inmates database to learn more about Texas' prison units and the more than 143,000 inmates housed inside them. Full Story 

• Video: A conversation with Dawn Buckingham & Hugh Shine

  By Texas Tribune Staff Dec. 8, 2016

  Watch video of our conversation with state Sen.-elect Dawn Buckingham and state Rep.-elect Hugh Shine, at Temple College. Full Story 

• Boomtown, Flood Town (Full Text)

  By Texas Tribune Staff Dec. 6, 2016

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• Livestream: San Antonio & the Legislature

  By Texas Tribune Staff Dec. 2, 2016

  We're livestreaming our conversation on San Antonio & the Legislature: A Preview of the 85th at the University of Texas at San Antonio's downtown campus. Full Story 

• Livestream: Post-election TribCast

  By Texas Tribune Staff Nov. 9, 2016

  We're livestreaming our live post-election TribCast recording in Austin. Full Story 

• Live Podcasts — and Music — from the 2016 Texas Tribune Festival

  By Texas Tribune Staff Sept. 29, 2016

  Check out our live Tribune Festival edition of the TribCast and The Ticket 2016, featuring Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, state Rep. Chris Paddie, politicos Sarah Isgur Flores and Erick Erickson, and music from the Bad Precedents. Full Story 

• Ted Cruz: Black Community "Perceives" Unfair Treatment by Police

  By Texas Tribune Staff Sept. 26, 2016

  U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz said members of the black community "perceive that law enforcement does not treat them fairly," and that's led officers to fear doing their jobs. Cruz was interviewed at the Texas Tribune Festival by Tribune CEO Evan Smith. Full Story 

• Ken Starr: “I have great confidence" in Art Briles (Video)

  By Texas Tribune Staff Sept. 25, 2016

  Ken Starr, former president of Baylor University, pushed back against the notion that the school has systemic problems handling sexual assault investigations. Starr also offered support for Art Briles, Baylor’s ousted football coach. Full Story 

• Ted Cruz Refuses to Say Trump is Fit for the Presidency

  By Texas Tribune Staff Sept. 25, 2016

  At the Texas Tribune Festival on Saturday, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz said he endorsed Donald Trump because the election is a binary choice between Hillary Clinton and Trump. This is the full video of Tribune CEO Evan Smith's interview with Cruz. Full Story