In his first public remarks since announcing his resignation as the state’s education chief, Michael Williams said Saturday that the biggest threat to Texas education is the state’s teacher shortage.
Annie Daniel
Annie Daniel was a news apps developer at The Texas Tribune from 2014 to 2018, where she where she developed interactives, analyzed datasets and created graphics. She graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she studied both multimedia journalism and political science. Before moving to Texas, Annie interned at The Washington Post on their graphics team.
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Salaries Explorer Includes New Data for UT-Austin, Texas A&M
We’ve updated our Government Salaries Explorer to include new data for the University of Texas at Austin, Texas A&M University and the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. We’ve also added Texas Woman’s University to the Explorer.
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Demographics
Rate of Poverty Dips in Texas, But Some Metro Areas See an Increase
The share of Texans living in poverty continued to dip slightly in 2014, according to census figures released Thursday. But poverty is prevalent in many parts of the state. Take a closer look at poverty rates for several metro areas in the state.
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31 Days, 31 Ways (2015)
Planned Parenthood Out of Cancer Screening Program
Poor, uninsured women in Texas will no longer be able to obtain government-subsidized breast and cervical cancer screenings at Planned Parenthood clinics starting Sept. 1. This story is part of our 31 Days, 31 Ways series.
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Criminal Justice
In Texas Jails, Hanging Most Common Method of Inmate Suicide
Of the 501 inmate deaths that have occurred in county jails since 2009, nearly a third of them were by suicide. Most of those suicides were by hanging, with inmates using objects jailers provided for them as ligatures.
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Updated Salaries for UT Medical Branch, UT Health Northeast
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston and UT Health Northeast — previously The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler — are the latest updates to The Texas Tribune’s Government Salaries Explorer.
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Demographics
At Majority-Minority Schools, Confederate Names Remain
The Tribune identified 28 schools in Texas named after Confederate leaders Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis, Stonewall Jackson and Albert Sidney Johnston. Of those, four have a majority of white students.
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Demographics
See Demographics Shift by Texas County
Use our interactive to see how the demographics in your county have changed since 2010, according to race and ethnicity figures released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau.
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San Antonio, UT-Dallas, MD Anderson Added to Salary Explorer
The city of San Antonio, the MD Anderson Cancer Center and the University of Texas at Dallas are the latest additions to the Tribune’s Government Salaries Explorer.
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Demographics
Latin American, Asian Figures Diverge in Texas Immigration Report
Though people born in Latin American countries continue to make up the largest group of immigrants to Texas, their state numbers are decreasing while the rate of migration by Asian immigrants into Texas is rising sharply.