House Speaker Joe Straus spent $307 for every vote he got in Tuesday’s primary election, leading the pack of state candidates. Here’s a table detailing how much money selected state candidates spent for each vote they got.
Becca Aaronson
Becca Aaronson was the first product manager at the Tribune, where she worked from 2010 to 2018. As product manager, Becca managed the Tribune's website redesign, coordinates cross-departmental projects and conducted user research to improve reader experience. She previously worked on the Tribune's data visuals team as a developer and project manager, contributing to several award-winning investigative projects. She covered health care from 2012 to 2014, making waves with her coverage of women's health and the Wendy Davis abortion filibuster.
She has a bachelor’s degree in cultural theory from Scripps College in Claremont, Calif.
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Politics
Who Are the Biggest Spenders in Texas Races?
Political organizations have contributed more than $26 million to state races in Texas since Jan. 1, 2015. Take a look at the biggest-spending political groups and which types of candidates they support most.
Posted inEnergy, Environment
Revisit Texas’ Space Race with Starstruck, our Multimedia Project
Take a look back at Starstruck, our interactive project on the big — and sometimes secretive — plans for commercial space flight from South and West Texas.
Posted inEnergy, Environment, Health care
Revisit Undrinkable, Our Project on Poor Border Water Quality
Take a look back at The Texas Tribune’s five-part Undrinkable series, which revealed how border communities lack reliable, clean water despite a multibillion-dollar effort that has spanned decades.
Posted inState Government
2015 Interactive Features Included Death Row App, Look at Space Race
Whether it was an immersive look at the space industry in Texas, a project on death row inmates or a redesign of one of our most popular databases, The Texas Tribune’s news apps team tackled some our most ambitious projects to date in 2015.
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Demographics
Interactive: How Many Texans Resemble You?
There are more than 25 million people living in Texas — but how many of them are just like you? Use our interactive to see the Texans who share your demographic characteristics.
Posted inState Government
More than 400,000 Employees Now in Salaries Explorer
With a focus on the Houston area, our latest updates have pushed the number of state and municipal employees in our database to more than 400,000. Among the agencies we’ve added: the University of Houston and its campuses, the city of Houston and Cypress-Fairbanks ISD.
Posted inEnergy, Environment
Revisit Starstruck, a Project on Texas’ Newest Space Race
SpaceX and Blue Origin have big — and sometimes secretive — plans for commercial space flight from South and West Texas. While some of the companies’ new neighbors are hopeful, others fear the effects on wildlife and small-town life.
Posted inEnergy, Environment
Starstruck: The Fights and Flights Behind Texas’ Commercial Space Race
A half-century after NASA began pursuing spaceflight from Houston, Texas has again become the center of an emerging space industry. SpaceX and Blue Origin plan to launch commercial rockets from Texas sites. But they haven’t won over their neighbors.
Posted inPublic Education
God & Governing: Education
Tune in to “God & Education” — the final part of our “God & Governing” documentary-style series — to see how lawmakers’ personal religious beliefs played into abstinence education and school voucher debates in 2015 Texas legislative session.
