How we built the red-light camera app. Download the data and build your own — or embed ours as an iframe.
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On the Records: A Data Challenge for Texas
What are state and local governments in Texas doing to make raw data available to the public? Not much.
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On the Records: Adventures in Public Information
Most agencies release their data with little hassle. Not the Dallas Area Rapid Transit agency.
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On the Records: Hutchison vs. White Money
With some notable exceptions, few political donors cut checks to both candidates.
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On the Records: Mack Brown vs. Mike Sherman
We’ve added Texas A&M to our payroll database, so now you can compare both coaches’ salaries. Let’s hope next week’s game isn’t so lopsided.
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On the Records: Tracking Unemployment
Analyzing unemployment in Texas: What would Google do?
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On the Records: Your Turn to Make Word Clouds
An easy guide to visualizing tweets.
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Behind Closed Doors
Should the Texas Forensic Science Commission meet in private? The new chairman, John Bradley, says there’s a good argument for it.
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The Public Payroll
Our searchable database of public employees’ pay — now featuring data from universities and eight of the state’s largest cities.
