Past Contributions

• Interactive: Low-Income Tax Credit Housing Map

  By Ryan Murphy, The Texas Tribune, and Karisa King, San Antonio Express-News April 22, 2012

  In partnership with the San Antonio Express-News, the Tribune has built an interactive map of the low-income tax credit housing projects in the state. Full Story 

• Low-Income Housing Program Compels Building in Poor Areas

  By Karisa King, San Antonio Express-News, and Ryan Murphy, The Texas Tribune April 22, 2012

  An analysis by the San Antonio Express-News and the Tribune has found that low-income apartments were disproportionately built in impoverished neighborhoods with high concentrations of minority residents. Full Story 

• Interactive: First-Quarter Filings by Congressional Candidates in Texas

  By Ryan Murphy April 17, 2012

  On April 15, Texas candidates running for congressional seats were required to file campaign finance reports with the Federal Election Commission. We have compiled a list of the major numbers for the candidates running for Congressional districts in Texas. Full Story 

• Data App: Texas Reservoir Daily Water Level Tracker

  By Kate Galbraith and Ryan Murphy April 12, 2012

  The historic Texas drought caused statewide worries over potential water shortages when reservoir levels fell dramatically. Our interactive data app allows you to check the current status of the state's reservoirs. Full Story 

• Interactive: Compare Public Education Stats by Accountability Rating

  By Ryan Murphy and Noah Seger April 5, 2012

  Yearly state accountability ratings can make or break a school district. But there's more to determining how districts stack up. Use our interactive data application to explore how districts' demographics and finances correlate to their ratings. Full Story 

• Updated: Lawmaker Personal Financial Statements

  By Ryan Murphy and Dave McLain April 4, 2012

  The Tribune requested the most recent personal finance statements for all current members of the Texas House and Texas Senate. We have updated each lawmaker's page in the directory to make the documents viewable. Visit legislators' page in the directory to view their most recent filings with the Texas Ethics Commission. Full Story 

• Interactive: Primary Care Workforce Shortages in Texas

  By Ryan Murphy and Thanh Tan March 27, 2012

  If the Supreme Court upholds the Affordable Care Act, Texas may see a surge in newly insured patients seeking primary care. As this interactive of primary-care workforce shortages from 2001 to 2011 shows, the number of physicians in your county isn't likely to keep up with demand. Full Story 

• Perry All Clear to Create Super PAC, Bring Funds Home

  By Ryan Murphy March 22, 2012

  Gov. Rick Perry and his now dormant presidential campaign committee, RickPerry.org Inc., are in the clear to create a new PAC or Super PAC with the remaining primary funds or to funnel those contributions to Perry’s Texas committee. Full Story 

• On the Records: Texas Donors Boost Super PAC Backing Romney

  By Ryan Murphy March 20, 2012

  The Super PAC Restore Our Future, which supports Mitt Romney, received $3 million from Houston homebuilder Bob Perry and $100,000 from Contran Corporation CEO Harold Simmons of Dallas in February. Full Story 

• News App: The 2012 Election Brackets

  By Ross Ramsey, Ryan Murphy, Christopher Chang and Ben Hasson March 13, 2012

  The candidates have filed for the May 29 primary elections, and we've updated our election brackets to reflect the final filing period. Full Story