Vol 1, Issue 17

Nine amendments to the Texas Constitution passed easily on Tuesday. Find county-by-county results on our interactive election map. 

Texans approved nine amendments to the state Constitution on Tuesday. Use our map to see how they voted. The results and the map will be constantly updated with election returns.

Whether or not Texas voters approve Proposition 6, which would take $2 billion from the state's savings account to use for water financing, the state has a long way to go in dealing with its water deficit.

The Colorado River, which flows from West Texas all the way down to the Gulf Coast, is caught in a tug-of-war amid the West's prolonged drought.  

Despite the flooding that submerged homes and roads in the Austin area, the heavy rains fell downstream from the Highland Lakes, where they were needed most.

Spurred by major flooding that damaged homes and took lives in Central Texas, Austin's mayor has declared a local state of disaster, seinding a letter to Gov. Rick Perry outlining the need for state and federal aid. 

An organization that was formed to revitalize Houston's 32-mile Buffalo Bayou is in its second year of work on an ambitious 160-acre space that will include new trails and gardens.

A new study has found that Texans are willing to support government efforts to manage water as long as those efforts are not perceived as hurting agriculture or the environment.

The Texas Water Development Board has produced an online graphic demonstrating how regions around the state would fare in terms of lost income, taxes and jobs by the year 2030 in the event of severe drought. 

Using data from the Texas Water Development Board's reservoir status tracker, our auto-updating map visualizes the current state of Texas reservoirs.