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• How do the Texas House and Senate budgets compare?

  By Chris Essig and Edgar Walters April 14, 2017

  Both chambers have passed state budgets that spend around $218 billion but significant differences remain. With just a few weeks to go before the end of the session, here's a look at the key sticking points. Full Story 

• Data shows Dukes has missed most votes in Texas House

  By Cassandra Pollock, Alex Samuels and Chris Essig April 12, 2017

  State Rep. Dawnna Dukes, D-Austin, has missed more than 100 record votes during the current legislative session, the most of the 150 members of the House, according to a Tribune analysis of data from a legislative analytics website. Full Story 

• Here's where Texans in Congress stand on Trump's Syrian airstrikes

  By Abby Livingston, Sanya Mansoor and Chris Essig April 7, 2017

  Texans in Congress mostly backed President Donald Trump's recent airstrikes in Syria, according to a Tribune survey of the delegation. Full Story 

• Harris County loses residents to other areas; Texas suburbs growing

  By Alexa Ura and Chris Essig March 23, 2017

  In Texas, suburban counties lead in population growth as they continue to receive residents from other areas while urban counties are more dependent on international migrants and expanding families, new census figures show. Full Story 

• Here’s how much Texas candidates spent per vote in the November elections

  By Chris Essig, Aditi Bhandari and Jolie McCullough March 1, 2017

  A Texas Tribune analysis of how much Texas candidates spent per vote ahead of the November elections reveals campaigns that won or lost on the cheap, as well as those that paid heavily for their outcome. Full Story