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Carla Astudillo
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data visuals journalist & developer at @texastribune.bsky.social. Let's talk elections & politics data.
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Just how catastrophic was the scope, scale and intensity of the Central Texas floods? The
@texastribune.org team have put together graphics explaining. Visuals by me, Chris Essig and Edison Wu. www.texastribune.org/2025/07/09/h...
A line chart that shows the height of the Guadalupe River in Kerrville. The line goes from less than 5 feet to 36 feet from 4 a.m. to 7 a.m. A line chart that shows the height of the Guadalupe River in Kerrville. The line goes from less than 5 feet to 36 feet from 4 a.m. to 7 a.m. Three bar charts showing the highest river levels recorded in each year going back to 1968 in Kerrville, Hunt and Comfort.
July 10, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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Now that the 2025 #txlege is over, are you wondering how your legislators voted on key bills? I got ya covered! I built a nifty little lookup tool to help you do just that for the
@texastribune.org Link: www.texastribune.org/2025/06/13/t...
A search bar with "Enter the name of a legislator" text above. Below a headshot of Texas House rep Greg Bonnen. Below are three cards with Bonnen's votes on the State Budget, School Voucher and Banning THC bills. A search bar with "Enter Your Address" text above. Below a headshot of Texas Senate rep Sarah Eckhardt and Texas House rep Gina Hinojosa. Below are three cards with the representatives' votes on the State Budget, School Voucher and Banning THC bills.
June 13, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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In addition, we have a BRAND NEW feature where you can search for your address and find out who is your Texas representative and how they voted for. Hopefully, we will be using a similar feature for important Texas Legislature votes in the future.
The address search bar that searched for Lakeway, Texas which is represented by Ellen Troxclair who voted for David Cook.
January 14, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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Lawmakers have voted for the next Texas House speaker (in only two rounds) and we have a total vote breakdown of the final tally as well as a searchable list of how each lawmaker voted. www.texastribune.org/2025/01/14/t...
This is a table showing the breakdown of how lawmakers in Texas voted for the House Speaker race. Dustin Burrows got 85 total votes while David Cook got 55 votes. 9 representatives were present, not voting and 1 was absent. 36 Republicans and 49 Democrats voted for Burrows while 52 Republicans and 3 Democrats voted for Cook. A screenshot of a searchable table with all 150 lawmakers’ votes for Texas House speaker.
January 14, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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Also s/o to our photo team for showing the random gaps in the border walls were people could just... walk around...
A piece of the Texas border wall next to the Rio Grande river with a big gap where it is very easy to walk through.
December 19, 2024 at 4:15 PM
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also wow the Texas border wall is crazy expensive. apps.texastribune.org/features/202...
Screenshot of excerpt: The 50 miles constructed through November, totaling 6% of the 805 miles the state has designated for building, are far from the endless barrier Abbott often presents the wall to be in video clips he shares on social media. The wall is not a singular structure, but dozens of fragmented sections scattered across six counties, some no wider than a city block and others more than 70 miles apart. Each mile of construction costs between $17 million and $41 million per mile, depending on terrain, according to state engineers.
December 19, 2024 at 4:11 PM
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For the BlueSky folks: @joshuafechter.bsky.social and I looked at how zoning regulations in Texas that make it harder to build denser types of housing are contributing to the housing shortage.
An area chart showing how building permits for new single-family homes are more common than any other types of housing like apartment buildings in Texas since 2000. A map of 9 Texas cities and where you can build single-family homes according to the city's zoning codes- which is the majority of each city. Maps of 9 Texas cities that show where you can build housing that is NOT single-family homes according to each city's zoning code. It is significantly less compared to the areas where you can build a single-family home.
November 18, 2024 at 4:45 PM