2007 TXU television ad - Version II
A 2007 television advertisement used by lobbyists working for Texas Energy Future Holdings, Inc., the company that acquired TXU. Full Story
Matt Stiles covered government and politics for the Tribune, with a focus on data journalism, from 2009 to 2011. He oversaw and developed the Tribune’s library of web applications and interactive graphics. Previously, he was a government reporter at the Houston Chronicle. While there, he won the newspaper’s Jesse Award for service journalism and beat reporting and was its reporter of the year in 2007. Before joining the Chronicle, Stiles worked as a reporter for nearly four years at The Dallas Morning News.
A 2007 television advertisement used by lobbyists working for Texas Energy Future Holdings, Inc., the company that acquired TXU. Full Story
Numbers and text don't mix. Full Story
The chairman of the Senate's Criminal Justice Committees asked whether Bradley, the Williamson County District Attorney, can be fair to defendants whose cases come before the commission. Full Story
John Bradley talks about the Texas Forensic Science Commission before the Senate Criminal Justice Committee. Full Story
Williamson County District Attorney John Bradley expected some verbal jousting today at the Senate Criminal Justice Committee about his plans for the Texas Forensic Science Commission. He was right. Full Story
The state is cracking down on officials who run afoul of election, lobbying and officeholder rules. Just ask Harris County Commissioner Jerry Eversole. Full Story
In keeping with our goal of making government data more accessible, we've created a simple application for searching fines issued by the Texas Ethics Commission. Full Story
If you're waiting for closure on questions of Cameron Todd Willingham's guilt or innocence, get comfortable. The Texas Forensic Science Commission's new chair tells the Tribune that he doesn't yet have the rules or resources to investigate whether faulty science led to the Corsicana man's conviction and execution. Full Story
Williamson County District Attorney John Bradley, the new chairman of the Texas Forensic Science Commission, says the board doesn't yet have the rules, staff or resources to be investigating allegations of faulty science in criminal cases -- including a high profile arson-murder case that led to a Corsicana man's execution. Full Story
#tcot vs. takemeseriously. Full Story