From West Texas to the suburbs of Houston a number of schools are moving toward “abstinence-plus” education at the urging of health advisory committees made up of community members. To get a sense for which parts of the state have the most teen pregnancies, use our map to view the birth rate for girls ages 13 to 17 in 2009 by county.
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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Politics
The Texas Weekly Index
Lots of things affect election outcomes. Candidates. Money. Issues. Surprises. But some of the results are wired into district maps, through redistricting. Here’s our charting of the political atmosphere — Republican or Democratic — in each of the House, Senate and congressional districts drawn by the Legislature this year.
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Higher Education
Data App: Our Latest Public Employee Pay Update
This morning we’ve posted a 2011 update to our government employee salary database, which now includes 140 entities and salary data for more than 664,000 public employees.
Posted inState Government
On the Records: In Debate, Perry Understated His Merck Support
Rick Perry defended a $5,000 contribution from Merck at Monday night’s debate, but according to campaign finance data from the Texas Ethics Commission, the governor’s estimate of the drug company’s support was on the low side.
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Criminal Justice
On the Records: How We Got the TDCJ Execution Data
This morning @TribData released a visualization of all executions in the state of Texas since Gov. Rick Perry took office in late 2000. Here’s how we made it happen.
Posted inCriminal Justice
Visualization: Executions on Rick Perry’s Watch
During nearly 11 years in office, Rick Perry has overseen 234 executions — by far the most of any recent governor in the United States. Use our interactive to learn more about the prisoners executed since Perry became Governor in 2000.
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Energy
Despite Scrutiny, Perry Gives Two Donors Plum Posts
Despite the national media’s intense scrutiny of his history of appointing big-dollar donors to high-profile positions, Gov. Rick Perry named two such donors to key boards Wednesday.
Posted inPublic Education
News App: The Texas Public Schools Database
With the Tribune’s Texas Public Schools Database, parents, students and other readers can access key academic, financial and administrative information about every public school district and campus in the state.
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Interactive: The Texas Tribune Redistricting Viewer
Building on the success of our previous redistricting interactive, the Tribune has prepared a new version that includes the redistricting maps for the state House, Senate and State Board of Education.
Posted inState Government
Perry Makes Presidential Campaign Official, Files with FEC
Gov. Rick Perry’s statement of candidacy and statement of organization for RickPerry.org, Inc., Perry’s principal campaign committee, have been posted on the Federal Election Commission’s website.