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• Here’s your Texas 2022 March primary ballot

  by Carla Astudillo Jan. 7, 2022

  The Texas 2022 primary will take place March 1. See the full list of candidates statewide and find out who's on your ballot based on where you live. Full Story 

• Top stories from our data visuals team in 2021

  by Chris Essig Dec. 29, 2021

  In 2021, the Tribune’s data visuals team helped tell the biggest stories affecting Texans. Here’s a roundup of our most impactful work. Full Story 

• Texans getting COVID-19 vaccine boosters outpace those getting first shots as omicron bears down

  by Allyson Waller and Mandi Cai Dec. 23, 2021

  So far this month, at least 1.2 million Texans have gotten booster shots — nearly triple the number of people who received their first doses of the vaccine during the same time. Full Story 

• Texas 2021 constitutional amendment election results

  by Kalley Huang, Carla Astudillo and Andrew Zhang Updated: Nov. 3, 2021

  Unofficial results show that Texas voters approved eight amendments to the state Constitution. Full Story 

• Texas has new political maps. See which districts your home is in.

  by Carla Astudillo, Kalley Huang and Mandi Cai Oct. 22, 2021

  Texas lawmakers have redrawn political maps for the state’s congressional, House, Senate and Board of Education districts. Search your address to see how the new districts will affect your community. Full Story 

• With surgical precision, Republicans draw two congressional districts that dilute power of Hispanic and Asian voters

  by Alexa Ura and Mandi Cai Oct. 15, 2021

  The GOP is losing its hold on suburbs of Dallas and Fort Worth as they grow more diverse. Two new districts show how far the party is reaching to entrench rural, white electoral power. Full Story 

• Texas Republicans have the redistricting tools to preserve their power. Here's how they can do it.

  by Alexa Ura and Jason Kao Sept. 20, 2021

  Lawmakers must redraw the state’s political maps to account for a decade’s worth of growth, but the process leaves enough room for political manipulation. Here’s how it’ll work. Full Story 

• Omicron leads to a surge in COVID-19 cases among Texas school staff

  by Kalley Huang, Mandi Cai and Brian Lopez Updated: Jan. 14, 2022

  During the first week of January, districts reported the highest number of COVID-19 staff cases since the pandemic began. Student cases are nearing last fall's levels. But the data is incomplete and likely an undercount. Full Story 

• At least 72 Texas hospitals were out of ICU beds last week, according to the latest federal data. Look up the ones near you.

  by Carla Astudillo and Karen Brooks Harper Updated: Jan. 18, 2022

  Each week, hospitals in Texas report their current ICU bed capacity to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Here’s the latest as the highly contagious omicron variant of COVID-19 spreads and sends unvaccinated Texans to the hospital. Full Story 

• Energy industry showers Gov. Greg Abbott, other Texas politicians with campaign cash after they passed power grid bills

  by Mitchell Ferman and Carla Astudillo Aug. 4, 2021

  For some energy experts, the increase in donations for the officials at the close of the session looks like a reward for not passing more stringent regulations and raises questions about whether lawmakers let the oil, gas and the broader energy industry off easy for its massive failures. Full Story 

• Texas teachers say GOP’s new social studies law will hinder how an entire generation understands race, history and current events

  by Isabella Zou and Jason Kao Aug. 3, 2021

  Educators who spoke to The Texas Tribune overwhelmingly denounced the new social studies law going into effect Sept. 1. These are the provisions they say could cause problems for them — and Texas students. Full Story 

• COVID-19 is spreading fast among Texas’ unvaccinated. Here’s who they are and where they live.

  by Colleen DeGuzman and Mandi Cai Aug. 3, 2021

  There are two main groups within Texas’ unvaccinated population: white conservatives in rural areas, and Hispanic and Black people in big cities. Full Story 

• The 2021 legislative session is over. Here are the big bills that passed – and the ones that failed

  by Carla Astudillo and Texas Tribune Staff Updated: June 21, 2021

  Texas lawmakers filed thousands of bills during the 2021 legislative session. Here are the big bills that passed – and the ones that failed. Full Story 

• Texas enabled the worst carbon monoxide poisoning catastrophe in recent U.S. history

  by Perla Trevizo, Ren Larson and Lexi Churchill, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica, and Mike Hixenbaugh and Suzy Khimm, NBC News Updated: Aug. 17, 2021

  They used their car to stay warm when a winter storm brought down the Texas power grid. In a state that doesn't require carbon monoxide alarms in homes, they had no warning they were poisoning themselves. Full Story 

• COVID-19 ravaged Texas nursing homes. Here are the stories behind the numbers.

  by Carla Astudillo and Karen Brooks Harper April 15, 2021

  Nearly 9,000 Texas nursing home residents have died of COVID-19. This is what the last year of chaos and isolation was like for nursing homes residents and the employees who care for them. Full Story 

• One year ago, the first Texan was killed by COVID-19. 47,000 deaths followed — and it’s not over.

  by Mandi Cai, Emily Albracht and Chris Essig March 15, 2021

  This timeline tracks COVID-19’s rampage through Texas over the last year: the growing death toll, the policy decisions made in response to the pandemic that often influenced its course, and the stories of some of the Texans claimed by the virus. Full Story 

• How Texas’ power grid works

  by Darla Cameron, Emily Albracht, Erin Douglas and Mitchell Ferman Feb. 25, 2021

  Who are the major players and how do they manage the power grid in Texas? Full Story 

• We’ve updated our Texas Public Schools Explorer with 2019-20 data

  by Mandi Cai Feb. 24, 2021

  Use our database to learn about Texas public school districts and campuses, including hundreds of charter schools and alternative campuses. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, the state waived accountability ratings for the 2019-20 school year. Full Story 

• In Texas, Biden’s urban wins couldn’t offset Trump’s millions of votes in rural, red counties

  by Mandi Cai, Matthew Watkins, Anna Novak and Darla Cameron Nov. 6, 2020

  In order to turn the tide in 2020, Biden needed to take advantage of population growth in the state’s biggest cities and political shifts in the suburbs to erase Trump’s massive advantages in rural areas of the state. Full Story 

• Democrats hoped high turnout would usher in a blue wave across Texas. It didn’t.

  by Shannon Najmabadi and Mandi Cai Nov. 4, 2020

  In Texas, at least 66% of the 17 million registered voters cast ballots in the 2020 general election. That’s 6.6 percentage points higher than total turnout in 2016. Full Story