Tag: Texas House
Inside the Fight Brewing Over Texas’s Redistricting Plan
As Texas Republicans move to redraw the congressional map, Democrats are taking their fight beyond state lines. In…
Showdown erupts in Texas over redistricting
A showdown is unfolding in Texas as Gov. Greg Abbott threatens to remove Democrats who have fled the…
Texas Gov. threatens to remove and replace Dem Reps who left state
More than 50 Texas House Democrats fled the state in opposition as the push to approve a gerrymandered,…
Pritzker says Texas Democrats who fled state will be protected amid arrest threats
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) said on Sunday that the state would protect Texas Democrats who fled to…
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 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…
‘You were nowhere to be found,’ Hearing reveals emergency leaders not available when deadly flood hit
AUSTIN (Nexstar) — Kerr County leaders are facing mounting scrutiny over their handling of the Fourth of July…
Texas panel advances redrawn congressional map that could take 5 Democratic seats
A Texas House panel on Saturday advanced a new congressional map as state Republicans power ahead with a…
Texas House panel advances redrawn congressional map that would add more GOP seats
A Texas House panel on Saturday advanced a draft congressional map aimed at adding five new Republican districts…