President Donald Trump asked Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) to call the state legislature in for a special session where they could approve new Congressional maps that would redraw district lines in favor of ...
AUSTIN, Texas (KCBD) - Texas Democrat lawmakers broke house quorum today. More than 50 Democrats in the lower chamber were not present when House Speaker Dustin Burrows (R-Lubbock) gaveled in the ...
Texas Rep. Dustin Burrows, Speaker of the House, adjourned the chamber Sine Die on Friday Aug. 15, 2025, in Austin. Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows adjourned the 2025 Legislature's first special ...
A map of U.S Congressional Districts proposed plan is seen at a Texas legislators' public hearing on congressional redistricting in Austin, Texas, Aug. 1, 2025. Texas Republicans will again try to ...
AUSTIN — Tarrant County Democrats joined their Texas House colleagues in bolting across state lines on Sunday to carry out their threat of extreme action against Gov. Greg Abbott’s Trump-backed ...
AUSTIN, Texas – Across the 140 days of the 89th Texas Legislature, lawmakers filed 11,503 Senate and House bills. By Sunday, June 22, which marked the final day for Gov. Greg Abbott to veto ...
A map of U.S Congressional Districts proposed plan is seen at a Texas legislators' public hearing on congressional redistricting in Austin Aug. 1, 2025. I would like to thank the Texas House Democrats ...
A political showdown is playing out between Texas Republicans and Democrats over redistricting mid-decade. This fight has nationwide implications over the balance of power in Congress in next year's ...
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GOP lawmakers in the Texas House of Representatives and Senate have gone all in on enacting a new congressional districts map that was drawn to give their party a better chance at gaining five ...
The redistricting process is a critical one in elections. Including one part of a city that holds more Democratic voters or a part of a deep-red rural area could mean enough to flip a House seat.