Alexandra Kanik

First-of-its-kind Texas map shows who owns every recorded property in the state.

We used Federal Election Commission data to see which candidates are most favored by Houston-area donors

Toxic waste from a former paper mill in Channelview has been sitting in the San Jacinto River since the 1960s, leaching cancer-causing dioxins into the waterway. On the other side of Houston, a Cypress shopping center sits over a plume of groundwater contaminated with chemicals such as tetrachloroethylene from a now-defunct dry cleaner. EXCLUSIVE: Companies behind dangerous San Jacinto toxic waste pits in stalemate with EPA over cleanup In between, scores of abandoned locations in Houston’s met…

Houston neighborhood boundaries are tricky, and some streets that fall on the borders of neighborhoods may be especially confusing for residents.

Explore the data impacting your life with the help of data trackers from the Houston Chronicle.

Where you live in the city of Houston can determine how quickly the police respond when you call 911 for help. In general, police beats with a lot of serious calls tend to get these needs met faster than beats that record few such calls. If police know an area is likely to have high call volumes, they often assign enough officers to respond quickly to those calls. WAITING FOR HPD: ‘Extremely concerning’ Houston police response times the slowest in decades, investigation finds A Houston Chronicl…

Houston has grown in leaps and bounds in the past 10 years. But city and metro-wide...

A Houston Chronicle analysis of wage data from before and after the pandemic started can...

Where does your family name stack up among other Harris County voters? Try to find your last name in this database for the 2020 presidential election.

Despite the unprecedented voter turnout in Harris County during the 2020 Presidential election, only 60% of eligible voters cast a ballot. In some parts of town, the rates were even lower. Turnout on the east side of the city, inside Beltway 8, were across the board lower than the county rate. Zip codes that encompass Kashmere and Trinity Gardens have rates around 50%, one of the reasons that Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke spent time in that area speaking with and listening to…