The 2020 U.S. election will take place Nov. 3. See the full list of candidates in Texas, and find out who’s on your ballot based on where you live.
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Police brutality in Texas
Texas’ largest cities spend more on police than anything else. Activists want more of those funds spent on the social safety net instead.
Austin officials slashed their police department’s budget this week as other Texas cities are rethinking how general fund dollars are spent — and whether spending so much to combat crime addresses the poverty that can cause it.
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Texas runoff 2020 results: Watch live updates here
Get all of Texas’ election results through The Texas Tribune’s coverage of the 2020 runoff races for U.S. Senate, U.S. House and the Texas Legislature.
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Here’s your Texas 2020 July runoff ballot
The 2020 Texas Democratic and Republican primary runoffs will take place July 14. See the full list of candidates, and find out who’s on your ballot based on where you live.
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Coronavirus in Texas
Here’s how many coronavirus cases there are in Texas — and everything else you need to know
How many cases? Where are they? Who is most at risk? Here are the answers to questions about how the new strain of coronavirus is playing out in Texas.
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Search the Government Salaries Explorer
The Texas Tribune’s database of compensation for Texas state employees has been revamped. It includes detailed data for all of the 113 agencies in state government and every position at each of those agencies.
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T-Squared: Introducing our new salaries explorer
The Texas Tribune is excited to launch a new and revamped version of our Government Salaries Explorer.
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Coronavirus in Texas
Coronavirus in Texas cities: See how social distancing could reduce stress on hospitals
New estimates from University of Texas at Austin researchers show what it would take to spread out hospitalizations in 22 Texas metro areas.
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Texas primary 2020 results: Watch live updates here
Get all of Texas’ election results through The Texas Tribune’s coverage of the 2020 primary races for president, U.S. Senate, U.S. House and the Texas Legislature.
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Early voting is over. Here’s what turnout looked like in Texas’ 10 biggest counties.
Turnout was higher than in 2016 among Democrats, and lower among Republicans.