Texas has seen a modest but steady increase in the growth of new coronavirus cases in the two weeks since some businesses reopened at 25% capacity. Gov. Greg Abbott sees hope in other metrics.
Carla Astudillo
Carla Astudillo is a senior data visuals developer with a focus on elections and political data. Before joining the Tribune in 2019, she was a data and interactive visuals journalist at NJ.com and The Star-Ledger in New Jersey, where she helped build a database of police use of force in the state as part of a 16-month investigative project. She earned a master’s degree from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Florida. Carla was born in Antofagasta, Chile and moved to the United States when she was 7 years old. After brief stints in Texas and New Mexico, her family settled in Lakeland, Florida, where she grew up. She is based in Austin and speaks Spanish fluently.
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Coronavirus in Texas
Coronavirus is spreading in Texas nursing homes. But the state won’t share the details.
Families and advocates for nursing home residents are calling on Texas officials to release the numbers and names of facilities where coronavirus infection has been reported, as other states have done.
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How many Texans have been tested for the new coronavirus? State data is incomplete. But here’s what we know.
The state isn’t reporting tests conducted by some hospitals and private labs. But the figures available show that Texas could be lagging behind other states. Officials say that’s because the virus showed up elsewhere earlier.
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Coronavirus in Texas
Texas counties with coronavirus: Case updates and what we know
There are cases in each of the state’s five largest urban areas, though the virus has now also appeared in counties spanning from East Texas to the Gulf Coast. Officials expect statewide testing capacity to increase soon.
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Texas primary 2020 results: Watch live updates here
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.
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Texas voter registration deadline is today
The last day to register to vote in Texas is Feb. 3.
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Voting in Texas on Super Tuesday: Everything you need to know
Primary election day is March 3. Here’s an overview of everything you need to know about casting a ballot in Texas.
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Here’s your Texas 2020 March primary ballot
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.
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2019 Texas Constitutional Amendment Election
Texas 2019 constitutional amendment election results
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.
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Here’s how the top Democratic presidential candidates are faring in the race for Texas donors
Unsurprisingly, Julián Castro and Beto O’Rourke are getting more money here than from any other state. But other candidates are playing in Texas, too.
