https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/darla-cameron/The latest news by Darla Cameron.enFri, 26 Aug 2022 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2022/08/26/yuriko-schumacher-designer-developer/Yuriko will work as a designer-developer to report and create engaging interactive stories about Texas.By Sewell Chan and Darla CameronFri, 26 Aug 2022 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2022/08/26/yuriko-schumacher-designer-developer/Yuriko Schumacher.Courtesy of Yuriko Schumacherhttps://www.texastribune.org/2022/04/13/jinitzail-hernandez-video-multimedia/A Chicago native, she joins us from CQ Roll Call, where she produced articles, podcasts and videos on public policy, including defense and national security.By Sewell Chan, Darla Cameron and Todd WisemanWed, 13 Apr 2022 11:49:27 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2022/04/13/jinitzail-hernandez-video-multimedia/Jinitzail Hernández has worked in Chicago and Washington, D.C.Jini is the newest video journalist for Multimedia at the Texas Tribune.Michelle Kaffkohttps://www.texastribune.org/2021/12/17/texas-covid-19-tracker-survey/Our tracker presents the latest on tests, cases, hospitalizations, people who died and vaccinations. We want to know how this information can be more valuable to readers.By Darla Cameron and Chris EssigFri, 17 Dec 2021 04:00:00 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2021/12/17/texas-covid-19-tracker-survey/People waited to be vaccinated against COVID-19 at the University of Texas campus in Austin on March 1.Long lines of people wait to be vaccinated against COVID-19 at the University of Texas campus in Austin on March 1, 2021. Many individuals waited for roughly two hours before receiving a dose.Evan L'Roy/The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2021/02/25/texas-power-grid-ercot-puc-greg-abbott/Who are the major players and how do they manage the power grid in Texas?By Darla Cameron, Emily Albracht, Erin Douglas and Mitchell FermanThu, 25 Feb 2021 15:49:40 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2021/02/25/texas-power-grid-ercot-puc-greg-abbott/Who is in charge of the state power grid? And who's responsible when the lights go out? Illustration by Emily Albracht.Diagram showing the components of Texas' power grid.https://www.texastribune.org/2020/12/15/texas-republicans-joe-biden/Upon Biden securing 306 electoral votes during Monday’s meeting of the Electoral College, The Texas Tribune polled all Texans in Congress with the question: “With a majority of the Electoral College voting for Biden today, do you accept Joe Biden as the president-elect?”By Abby Livingston and Darla CameronTue, 15 Dec 2020 15:18:29 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2020/12/15/texas-republicans-joe-biden/https://www.texastribune.org/2020/11/06/texas-trump-biden-counties-rural-suburban-city/In order to turn the tide in 2020, Biden needed to take advantage of population growth in the state’s biggest cities and political shifts in the suburbs to erase Trump’s massive advantages in rural areas of the state.By Mandi Cai, Matthew Watkins, Anna Novak and Darla CameronFri, 06 Nov 2020 05:00:00 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2020/11/06/texas-trump-biden-counties-rural-suburban-city/President Donald Trump won Texas by a little more than 800,000 votes in 2016. He won by around 650,000 votes in 2020.Republican signage outside the Blanco County Tax Assessor/Collector’s Office polling location in Blanco on Election Day, Nov. 3, 2020.Eddie Gaspar/The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2020/10/30/texas-toss-up-voters/Most of the new voters registered in the state's fast-growing urban counties or suburbs.By Mandi Cai, Alex Samuels, Darla Cameron and Matthew WatkinsFri, 30 Oct 2020 17:52:15 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2020/10/30/texas-toss-up-voters/Voters wait in line to cast their ballots during early voting in at at a shopping center in South Austin.Some voters waited for more than three hours to cast their ballot at a shopping center in South Austin on the first day of early voting.Jordan Vonderhaar for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2020/05/20/texas-tribune-salaries-database/The Texas Tribune is excited to launch a new and revamped version of our Government Salaries Explorer.By Darla Cameron, Chris Essig and Mandi CaiWed, 20 May 2020 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2020/05/20/texas-tribune-salaries-database/Photo Illustration by Ben Hasson / Texas Tribunehttps://salaries.texastribune.org/The Texas Tribune's database of compensation for Texas state employees has been revamped. It includes detailed data for all of the 113 agencies in state government and every position at each of those agencies.By Darla Cameron, Chris Essig and Mandi CaiWed, 20 May 2020 05:00:00 -0500https://salaries.texastribune.org/Government Salaries ExplorerPhoto Illustration by Ben Hasson / Texas Tribunehttps://apps.texastribune.org/features/2020/coronavirus-texas-cities-social-distancing-flatten-curve/New estimates from University of Texas at Austin researchers show what it would take to spread out hospitalizations in 22 Texas metro areas.By Mandi Cai, Chris Essig and Darla CameronTue, 07 Apr 2020 15:00:00 -0500https://apps.texastribune.org/features/2020/coronavirus-texas-cities-social-distancing-flatten-curve/Emily Albrachthttps://www.texastribune.org/2020/03/14/texas-counties-coronavirus-case-updates-and-what-we-know/There are cases in each of the state’s five largest urban areas, though the virus has now also appeared in counties spanning from East Texas to the Gulf Coast. Officials expect statewide testing capacity to increase soon.By Carla Astudillo, Mandi Cai, Darla Cameron, Chris Essig and Anna NovakSat, 14 Mar 2020 15:38:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2020/03/14/texas-counties-coronavirus-case-updates-and-what-we-know/Biology junior Morgan Hale researches viral proteins at the McLellan Lab at The University of Texas at Austin on Wednesday.Biology junior Morgan Hale researches viral proteins at the McLellan Lab at The University of Texas at Austin on March 11, 2020.Eddie Gaspar/The Texas Tribunehttps://apps.texastribune.org/features/2020/us-senate-primary-voter-guide/To help voters make sense of the U.S. Senate race, we asked the top candidates in the 2020 Democratic primary a series of simple questions designed to help voters understand their political and policy-based differences.By Darla Cameron, Anna Novak and Matthew WatkinsWed, 12 Feb 2020 00:01:00 -0600https://apps.texastribune.org/features/2020/us-senate-primary-voter-guide/Emily Albrachthttps://www.texastribune.org/2019/12/26/best-tribunes-storytelling-data-and-graphics-2019/The Tribune's data visuals team published more than 100 graphics about Texas politics and policy this year. Here's a look back at some of our favorites.By Darla CameronThu, 26 Dec 2019 00:01:00 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2019/12/26/best-tribunes-storytelling-data-and-graphics-2019/Emily Albracht/The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2019/09/25/heres-what-texas-delegation-saying-about-impeachment/The Texas delegation is split along party lines.By Darla Cameron, Abby Livingston and J. Edward MorenoWed, 25 Sep 2019 15:34:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2019/09/25/heres-what-texas-delegation-saying-about-impeachment/President Donald J. Trump gives speech to a large crowd during a MAGA rally at the Toyota Center in Houston on Oct. 22, 2018.President Donald J. Trump gives speech to a large crowd during a MAGA rally at the Toyota Center in Houston on Oct. 22, 2018.Marjorie Kamys Cotera for The Texas Tribunehttps://apps.texastribune.org/features/2018/texas-migrant-children-shelters/For the sixth month in a row, the number of migrant children in Texas shelters decreased in November.By Darla Cameron and Edgar WaltersFri, 30 Aug 2019 00:01:00 -0500https://apps.texastribune.org/features/2018/texas-migrant-children-shelters/Southwest Key National Headquarters located in Austin on Oct. 4, 2019.Eddie Gaspar/The Texas Tribunehttps://apps.texastribune.org/features/2019/citizenship-question-us-census-cost-texas/The U.S. Supreme Court could soon alter the political future of Texas when it decides whether the Trump administration can ask about citizenship on the upcoming census.By Alexa Ura, Chris Essig and Darla CameronFri, 21 Jun 2019 00:01:00 -0500https://apps.texastribune.org/features/2019/citizenship-question-us-census-cost-texas/Emily Albracht for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2019/06/10/t-squared-new-hires-astudillo-cai/Carla Astudillo and Mandi Cai will work on the award-winning team of developer-journalists that uses data to find and tell stories about Texas.By Darla CameronMon, 10 Jun 2019 00:01:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2019/06/10/t-squared-new-hires-astudillo-cai/Mandi Cai, left, and Carla Astudillo.Illustration by Miguel Gutierrez Jr./The Texas Tribunehttps://apps.texastribune.org/features/2019/house-senate-texas-budgets-2020/Take a look at how Texas lawmakers reconciled major differences in their proposed two-year budgets, including funding for public schools, teacher salaries, women’s health, prison guard salaries and more.By Edgar Walters and Darla CameronFri, 31 May 2019 00:01:00 -0500https://apps.texastribune.org/features/2019/house-senate-texas-budgets-2020/Entrance to the House Floor.Miguel Gutierrez Jr./The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2019/05/07/how-texas-lawmakers-tax-swap-plan-could-affect-texans/The so-called tax swap wouldn't make a big difference in average Texans' tax bills, according to a new analysis. But it would shift the tax burden from higher-income households to the less well off.By Edgar Walters and Darla CameronTue, 07 May 2019 00:01:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2019/05/07/how-texas-lawmakers-tax-swap-plan-could-affect-texans/There is less than a month left in the legislative session.The rotunda at the state Capitol. At most there are 139 days left until the Legislature adjourns sine die.Miguel Gutierrez Jr./The Texas Tribunehttps://apps.texastribune.org/features/2019/house-vote-property-tax-bill-sb2/One of the Legislature’s priority property tax reform bills, Senate Bill 2, was approved by the House on a 107-40 margin Tuesday. More than 20 Democratic lawmakers broke party ranks to support the measure.By Darla Cameron and Shannon NajmabadiWed, 01 May 2019 10:27:45 -0500https://apps.texastribune.org/features/2019/house-vote-property-tax-bill-sb2/Interior of the Capitol Rotunda.Austin Price/The Texas Tribune