This yearโs elections will take place using newly redrawn political maps for the stateโs congressional, House, Senate and Board of Education districts. Search your address to see how the new districts will affect your community.
Kalley Huang
Kalley Huang is our fall data visuals fellow. She is in her final year at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University, where she studies statistics and journalism. Kalley reports for The Daily Tar Heel and has previously reported for The Dallas Morning News, the El Paso Times and The 9th Street Journal in Durham, North Carolina.
After the omicron surge in early 2022, COVID-19 cases declined in Texas schools
Student and staff COVID-19 cases declined after districts reported their highest levels in January since the pandemic began. But the data is incomplete and likely an undercount.
Families are desperate for child care, but providers face a โroller coasterโ trying to survive
Although child care providers have mostly reopened, 8% have closed permanently since the start of the pandemic โ and 57% of Texas counties still qualify as child care deserts.
Texas 2021 constitutional amendment election results
Unofficial results show that Texas voters approved eight amendments to the state Constitution.
At least 45 districts shut down in-person classes due to COVID-19 cases, affecting more than 40,000 students
Caseloads have left districts scrambling when many have said they have fewer tools at their disposal to combat the spread of the virus.
More Texas students tested positive for COVID-19 last week than at any time last school year
There have been 20,256 reported cases among students across the state since the school year began.

