https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/yuriko-schumacher/The latest news by Yuriko Schumacher.enMon, 13 Mar 2023 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2023/03/13/texas-budget-surplus/If Texas’ budget surplus were distributed directly to Texans, it could pay for 12 years of school lunches, seven months of rent or 11,000 miles of travel. Here’s how to put the big number into perspective.Karen Brooks Harper, Yuriko Schumacher and Alex FordMon, 13 Mar 2023 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2023/03/13/texas-budget-surplus/An illustration of people gathered.Alex Ford/The Texas Tribunehttps://salaries.texastribune.org/The Texas Tribune’s database of Texas state employees’ compensation is updated to represent salaries as of October 1. It includes detailed data for the 112 agencies in state government and positions at each of those agencies.Chris Essig and Yuriko SchumacherTue, 15 Nov 2022 13:50:00 -0600https://salaries.texastribune.org/Government Salaries ExplorerPhoto Illustration by Ben Hasson / Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2022/11/10/texas-voter-turnout-2022/In Texas, 45.7% of the 17.7 million registered voters cast ballots in the 2022 midterm election. That’s 7.3 percentage points lower than the state’s total turnout in 2018 but higher than in every other midterm election in the last 20 years.Yuriko Schumacher and Alexa UraThu, 10 Nov 2022 14:45:42 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2022/11/10/texas-voter-turnout-2022/Eliza Smarr and her son Mason, 8, wait in line to cast their ballots on Election Day at the Blue Mound City Hall in Blue Mound on Nov. 8, 2022.Eliza Smarr and her son Mason, 8, wait in line to cast their ballots on Election Day at the Blue Mound City Hall in Blue Mound on November 8, 2022.Shelby Tauber for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2022/10/28/texas-2022-election-turnout-tracker/The high turnout seen in 2018 may have been an anomaly rather than the start of a long-term trend.Caroline Covington and Yuriko SchumacherFri, 28 Oct 2022 18:20:24 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2022/10/28/texas-2022-election-turnout-tracker/Graphic that reads, "Turnout Tracker" above a collection of voting stickers.Emily Albracht/The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2022/10/07/texas-voter-guide-vietnamese/Hạn chót để ghi danh đi bầu là ngày 11 Tháng Mười. Ngày cuối cùng để ghi danh bỏ phiếu qua thư là ngày 28 Tháng Mười. Bỏ phiếu sớm diễn ra từ ngày 24 Tháng Mười đến ngày 4 Tháng Mười Một.María Méndez, Yuriko Schumacher and Celie LeFri, 07 Oct 2022 09:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2022/10/07/texas-voter-guide-vietnamese/https://www.texastribune.org/2022/10/07/texas-voter-guide-tagalog-translation/Ang takdang-petsa upang magparehistro ay sa Oktubre 11. Ang huling araw upang mag-apply na bumoto by mail o sa pamamagitan ng sulat/koreo ay sa Oktubre 28. Ang early voting o maagang pagboto naman ay tatakbo mula Oktubre 24 hanggang Nobyembre 4.María Méndez, Yuriko Schumacher and Gayle GatchalianFri, 07 Oct 2022 09:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2022/10/07/texas-voter-guide-tagalog-translation/https://www.texastribune.org/2022/10/04/texas-votar-elecciones-espanol-2022/El periodo de votación anticipada será del 24 de octubre al 4 de noviembre.María Méndez and Yuriko SchumacherTue, 04 Oct 2022 12:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2022/10/04/texas-votar-elecciones-espanol-2022/GUÍA PARA VOTAREmily Albracht/The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2022/09/08/texas-voting-elections-2022/The deadline to register to vote was Oct. 11. The last day to apply to vote by mail was Oct. 28. Early voting ran from Oct. 24 to Nov. 4.María Méndez and Yuriko SchumacherThu, 08 Sep 2022 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2022/09/08/texas-voting-elections-2022/Graphic that reads, "Voter Guide" above a collection of voting stickers.Emily Albracht/The Texas Tribune