News Apps and Data Tools

Government Salaries Explorer

Review the compensation of hundreds of thousands of state and municipal employees in Texas.

Elected Officials Directory

To help Texans know more about their representatives, we've gathered the bios, contact information and more for the occupants of the state’s highest offices.

Texas Public Schools Explorer

Review key academic, enrollment and financial records on all of Texas’ 1,300 districts and 8,500 public schools.

Higher Ed Outcomes Explorer

Track the educational milestones of students who started eighth grade in a Texas public school between 1996 and 2003.

Texas Prison Inmates

Explore Texas’ prison units, and learn more about the more than 146,000 inmates housed inside them.

Search Texas Death Row Inmates by County, Execution Date

Our Faces of Death Row app has some new features. Now, you can search for inmates by the county where the crime was committed and see who has an execution date scheduled. These new filters will overlap with the already-existing sorting options: the inmate's race, sex, age and length of time on death row.

Here's a look at how many execution drugs Texas has in stock right now

With lethal injection drugs in short supply across the nation and increasing secrecy about providers, The Texas Tribune is keeping track of movement in the state’s supply.

Ballpark Figures: Dive into the finances of Texas college athletics

We’ve updated our “Ballpark Figures” app with 2015-16 data on revenues and expenses for the eight public Texas universities that play in the Football Bowl Subdivision — the top level of college football. You can also compare schools to see how they stack up against one another.