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The Texas Politics Project at The University of Texas at Austin provides this public web service for students seeking political and government internships, and for employers seeking to locate student interns. 

As the national and international discussion of the larger role of Facebook and other social media applications rages in the wake of Russian subversion, the ongoing Cambridge Analytica revelations, and Mark Zuckerberg's appearances on Capitol Hill, attention has shifted away from the more mundane uses of Facebook by real live elected officials. 

Eventually politics will return to discussions of how much money to spend on disaster recovery in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. In thinking about that eventuality, the Texas Politics Project has produced some maps that combine the counties designated as disaster areas by Governor Greg Abbott with political district boundaries.

The June 2017 survey of Texas' registered voters takes a deep look into the issues addressed during the 85th Legislative Session, attitudes towards President Trump, and more.