The automatic federal budget cuts — known as the “sequester” — are set to go into effect Friday, and the White House has detailed how much funding each state will lose if Congress does not reach an agreement by the end of the week. Use our interactive to explore the totals by state.
Ryan Murphy
Ryan Murphy worked at the Tribune from 2010 to 2019. As deputy data visuals editor, he created graphics, interactive stories and data-driven features, wrangled difficult datasets and worked on tools to make development for the team more efficient. He also oversaw the design and maintenance of our large-scale explorers.
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Interactive: 2011-12 STAAR Results, by District, for Grades 3-8
Last spring, Texas students in grades three through eight took the STAAR exams for the first time. Using results from Pearson Education, the state’s testing contractor, this interactive provides the first look at how the school districts performed.
Posted inCourts, Criminal Justice
Updated Interactive: Payouts to Exonerated Texas Prisoners
Texas has paid 89 exonerees nearly $61 million since 1992, according to data from the Texas comptroller’s office. Use this interactive to see how much money the state has paid to exonerated prisoners by fiscal year.
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Interactive: 2011-12 STAAR End-of-Course Results by District
Last spring, Texas ninth graders took the STAAR end-of-course exams for the first time. Use our interactive to see how each of the state’s school districts performed on the new tests.
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Bidness As Usual
Bills Renew Push for Ethics Commission to Post Financial Disclosures Online
Rep. Donna Howard, D-Austin, and Sen. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston, both filed legislation on Thursday that would require personal financial statements submitted to the Texas Ethics Commission to be made available online.
Posted inState Government
Interactive Map: House Committees in the 83rd Legislative Session
Want to know what parts of the state are best represented on certain House committees? Use our interactive map to explore the geographic distribution of the lawmakers appointed to each committee for the 83rd legislative session.
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Bidness As Usual
Interactive: How Texas Stacks Up on Disclosure
Texas’ financial disclosure practices for lawmakers may not be as thorough as ethics experts would like them to be. But the path Texas has taken to reach its guidelines puts it ahead of many other states. Use our interactive to see how Texas stacks up.
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Interactive: Children at Risk Budget Cuts Survey
After the $5.4 billion cut to public education during the 2011 legislative session, the advocacy group Children at Risk teamed up with a coalition of nonprofit foundations to provide comprehensive data on how Texas schools were coping with less money.
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Bidness As Usual
Ethics Opinion Lets Lawmakers Work, Solicit for Nonprofits
The Texas Ethics Commission’s board has approved an advisory opinion that stops short of recommending against lawmakers soliciting contributions for nonprofit organizations they are employed by.
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Charting the Budget
The first budgets from the House and Senate are out, marked by their authors as mere starting points. Here’s how they compare to each other, and to the current budget.
