Tag: Texas
Surveillance Soars Over West Texas Wilderness
In a remote stretch of West Texas sky, a new eye is watching.U.S. Border Patrol has deployed a…
Why dozens of Democrats left Texas and how Republicans want to punish them
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Dozens of Democratic state lawmakers in Texas have scattered to points across the country…
Showdown erupts in Texas over redistricting
A showdown is unfolding in Texas as Gov. Greg Abbott threatens to remove Democrats who have fled the…
Abbott blasts lawmakers who fled Texas amid redistricting
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott doubled down on his promise to expel Texas Democrats from the legislature if they…
Chief Justice John Roberts enabled Texas’ gambit to gerrymander the state for the GOP
The brazen partisan redistricting underway in Texas, with Republicans attempting to entrench themselves in office and Democrats weighing…
Denying quorum has been a Texas political strategy since 1870
In June 1870, 13 Texas senators walked out of the Capitol to block a bill giving the governor…
Texas Democrats flee state to prevent vote on redrawing congressional map
Texas Democrats are fleeing the state to prevent a vote on Monday that could see five new Republican-leaning…
Texas Democratic legislators flee state to protest GOP’s redistricting plan
Democratic state legislators fled Texas on Sunday in an attempt to deny a quorum to Republicans hoping to…
Texas Democrats leave the state to prevent quorum needed to vote on redistricting measure
Texas Democrats pushed back on the Republican effort to rewrite the state’s congressional map by leaving the state…
Eric Holder backs Democratic response to Texas redistricting plan
Eric Holder, chair of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, called Texas' attempt to redraw its congressional maps for…
Democrats contemplate walkout in Texas
Democratic legislators in Texas could flee the state to prevent the GOP from approving new maps that could…
Families, investigators remain haunted by unsolved Texas yogurt shop murders
This story previously aired on Aug. 27, 2022.More than three decades ago, four teenage girls were brutally murdered…