Past Contributions

• Interactive: Congressional Candidates' Pre-Primary Filings

  By Ryan Murphy May 21, 2012

  Using the most recent campaign-finance reports filed by congressional candidates in Texas, we have compiled a list of the major numbers for those candidates. Full Story 

• Texas Among Top 3 States in Total Exonerations

  By Brandi Grissom and Ryan Murphy May 21, 2012

  Researchers at two law schools Monday released an unprecedented listing of all the exoneration cases from the last 23 years. Only two states had more exonerations than Texas, according to the report. Full Story 

• Updated Interactive: Compare TX Universities By Graduation Rate

  By Ryan Murphy May 15, 2012

  Texas higher education officials released the state's second annual higher education almanac on Tuesday, and we've added the latest year of data to our interactive graphic. We've also made it possible to share links associated with specific visualizations. Full Story 

• Interactive: 30-Day Campaign Finance Report Summaries

  By Ryan Murphy and Dave McLain May 9, 2012

  We've updated our Campaign Finance Database with new data from the Texas Ethics Commission. All contributions and expenditures that occurred between Jan. 1 and April 30 are now searchable. Full Story 

• News App: Search 30-Day Report Contributors by Filer

  By Ryan Murphy May 7, 2012

  On April 30, which was 30 days ahead of Texas' May 29 primaries, participating candidates were required to file reports that represent all campaign-finance efforts leading up to the election. We have pulled all contribution data for filers between Jan. 1 and April 30 and made it searchable here. Full Story 

• Interactive: "Forward Commitment" Low-Income Housing Map

  By Ryan Murphy May 6, 2012

  Use our interactive map to view the roughly 70 low-income housing projects that bypassed the state's point system and got board-approved for coveted tax credit subsidies over the last decade — subsidies worth a combined $660 million. Full Story 

• Interactive: 82nd Session Interest Group Scorecards

  By Ryan Murphy May 4, 2012

  With the May 29 elections rapidly approaching, the candidates are out in force and so are the groups that want to share their views of the candidates with you. Here's a sampling of scorecards from some of the prominent interest groups. Full Story 

• Interactive: How Much Do Superintendents Make?

  By Morgan Smith and Ryan Murphy May 2, 2012

  During the 2011 legislative session, we compiled a salary database of all the state’s highest-paid school administrators: superintendents. After a year and a $5.4 billion reduction in state funding to public education, we are doing it again. Full Story 

• Data App: Government Employee Salary Database

  By Ryan Murphy, Christopher Chang and Gerald Rich April 26, 2012

  This afternoon we pushed the first update of 2012 to our government employee salary database, bringing new data to nearly half of the 140 entities currently found in our records. Full Story 

• Interactive Map: Updated Life Expectancy Figures

  By Ryan Murphy April 25, 2012

  The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington has released its newest county-by-county life expectancy estimates — and we've culled them for Texas. Full Story