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Stalemate in Texas House continues. Here’s how it ended previously
The events in Austin to stop a Texas redistricting are not happening for the first time. In 2003, Democrats had no way of ...
Texas House fails to meet quorum Saturday
Read more On Saturday, Speaker of the Texas House Dustin Burrows (R – Lubbock) and Attorney General Ken Paxton said they ...
Texas Republicans ask Illinois court to order arrest of House Democrats who fled state as part of remap battle
Texas’ Republican attorney general and a GOP Illinois state senator filed a petition in more conservative Adams County rather ...
Texas lawmakers advance package of bills to strengthen state flood response following deadly July floods
The bills deal with installing early warning sirens, volunteer management and local emergency management credentials.
Cornyn Says F.B.I. Will Help Find Texas Lawmakers Who Fled State
The senator said the federal agency had agreed to help locate Democratic state lawmakers who left the state to try to block a ...
As Gov. JB Pritzker vows to protect Texas House Democrats in Colbert interview, bomb threat received at hotel
After Gov JB Pritzker interview on Colbert show, Texas House Democratic members Wednesday morning said they received a bomb ...
Texas Democrats who left state prevent vote, for now, on Trump’s efforts to add GOP House seats
Texas Democrats prevented their state’s House of Representatives from moving forward, at least for now, with a redrawn ...
Texas redistricting: What's at stake as Republicans aim to pick up 5 House seats
President Donald Trump claimed Republicans are "entitled to five more seats" in Texas, where a redistricting battle is ...