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Sen. Cornyn says FBI will help track down Texas Democrats who fled state over redistricting

More than 50 Texas House Democrats left the state to stall a Republican-backed redistricting plan, effectively shutting down ...

Texas AG Ken Paxton will ask state courts to declare absent House Democratic seats vacant

If Texas House Democrats who broke quorum do not return to the Capitol by Friday, Attorney General Ken Paxton says he will ...
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Rent control advocates, opponents state their case during State House hearing

Advocates flocked to the State House, July 29, amid a renewed push to eliminate the statewide ban that prohibits cities and ...

Blue State Republicans Helped Win the House Majority. The Redistricting Wars May End Their Careers.

Texas’ redistricting efforts have triggered threats of similar action from California and New York — a move that would ...

Indiana is the next target for the White House’s redistricting push

The White House’s pressure campaign on Republican-dominated states to redraw their congressional maps is poised to escalate ...

Texas state lawmakers in Illinois evacuated from their hotel after threat

Durbin was to join the Illinois Democratic voices who have rallied behind the Texas Democrats, who traveled to the state in an effort to block the passage of a new Republican-drawn congressional map.

Texas Gov. Abbott files lawsuit to remove state House Democratic Caucus chair

Texas Supreme Court to remove state Rep. Gene Wu from office after Wu and other Democrats left the state to delay Republican ...

GOP governor nominee pushes redistricting to oust state's lone House Dem

South Carolina Republican Ralph Norman joins the growing national push for redistricting battles, targeting Jim Clyburn's district in a bid for a 7-0 GOP delegation.