According to a list released Friday of more than 240 volunteer fundraisers, the Obama campaign has raised at least $2 million from 14 Texas “bundlers” — people who fundraise on behalf of a candidate.
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
Perry Spends $1 Million in First Half of 2011
Gov. Rick Perry, who is considering a run for the White House, has spent nearly $1 million in state campaign funds since January, shelling out thousands of dollars for out-of-state travel, hotels and meetings, records released Friday show.
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Interactive: Which Strip Clubs Are Paying the State’s Pole Tax?
The Legislature passed a $5-per-patron strip club fee in 2007, which it said would raise $40 million in the first year to finance important social programs. Which clubs have paid the state and which ones haven’t? Check our interactive.
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Visualization: How Partisan are Texas House Members?
Mark P. Jones, chair of the political science department at Rice University, analyzed nearly 1,000 votes during the 2011 regular and special legislative sessions to rank members of the Texas House from most liberal to most conservative. Compare your state representative to the other 149 using our visualization.
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Energy
Wildfires, Burn Bans Rage Across Texas
So far this year, the Texas Forest Service has responded to roughly 1,500 wildfires across Texas, the damage of which spreads across 2.5 million acres, according to our interactive map. And burn bans are spreading just as fast.
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Interactive Map: Wildfires, Burn Bans Across Texas
Highway signs along many Texas roads flash the same dire warning: extreme wildfire danger. Use the interactive map to see what parts of the state have been hardest hit.
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Interactive: Lege’s New Congressional Map
SB 4, the Legislature’s attempt at redrawing congressional lines to make room for four new districts, has made its way through the House and Senate and been sent to Gov. Rick Perry. Use our interactive map to see how each district would change under the proposal.
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Updated: Interactive: Visualizing the 82nd Legislative Session
Lawmakers filed a whopping 5,796 bills during the 82nd legislative session and approved nearly a quarter of them. Use our updated data visualizations to take a closer look at how bills performed in the upper and lower chambers, how each political party and committee fared, and how many bills Gov. Rick Perry vetoed.
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Economy
On the Records: Houston Mayor Releases Budget Balancing Tool
Houston Mayor Annise Parker has released an interactive budget balancing tool on her personal website, giving citizens a chance to see if they can close the city’s $130 million deficit.
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Criminal Justice
Government Pay Update Completes UT System
We have a special update to the Tribune’s government employee salary database, adding recently acquired salary data from the last six agencies missing from the the University of Texas System, Texas Woman’s University and the Sabine River Authority.