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When Gov. Greg Abbott called a special session last month, he put legislation responding to the devastating Hill Country floods at the top of lawmakers’ agenda.
The Texas Senate’s packed floor session Tuesday wasn’t without its own political drama. Early on, nine of the chamber’s ...
The redrawn map shifts voters in Austin, Houston, North Texas and the Rio Grande Valley in hopes of creating five more Republican seats in the U.S. House.
Republican leaders say they will give it one more try on Friday to end a quorum break at the State Capitol. If the walkout by Texas Democrats holds, Gov. Greg Abbott says he will immediately call ...
Another key bill the Senate passed was SB 6, Protecting Unborn Children, filed by Sen. Bryan Hughes, R-Tyler, which prohibits ...
The announcement marks the latest sign that Trump's push to reconfigure districts ahead of the midterm is set to be a ...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is preparing to call a second special session to address redistricting if a quorum is not met in the ...
A political standoff over redistricting continues in the Texas Legislature as House Democrats remain out of state, preventing ...
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is escalating the partisan redistricting fight by asking a judge to hold progressive ...
With Friday’s deadline approaching, Gov. Greg Abbott warns he’ll call lawmakers back immediately if Democrats don’t return.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said he would continue to call special legislative sessions until Democratic lawmakers who left the ...
Plus: Federalization takes hold in D.C.{beacon} TEXAS GOV. GREG ABBOTT (R) said Tuesday he’ll call for another special ...