Tag: Texas
Texas, California race to redraw electoral maps ahead of US midterms
Republican-controlled Texas and Democratic-run California were set Thursday to forge ahead on creating new congressional maps, in a…
Abilene lawmaker announces retirement from Texas Legislature
State House District 71 Rep. Stan Lambert, R-Abilene, announced Thursday he will not seek another term in the…
Texasâs New Map Is Racial Division by Another Name
I represent the people of El Paso, Texas in the state legislature, a west Texas district that is…
How the GOP could increase its stronghold
Texas Republicans and Democrats are engaged in a redistricting battle that is spurring a national partisan war over…
Texas, California legislatures gear up for major redistricting faceoff
Texas Republicans are triumphant Thursday morning after a success in their efforts to redraw the state's congressional maps…
Republican Stan Lambert of Abilene wonât seek reelection to Texas House
State Rep. Stan Lambert, an Abilene Republican who survived a contested primary last year supercharged by two of…
Missing Texas woman found living among lost âAfricanâ tribe in Scotland
A Texas woman reported missing by her family has been found living among a lost âAfricanâ tribe in…
Texas killed in-state tuition for undocumented college students â what happened next?
Ximena had a plan.The 18-year-old from Houston was going to start college in the fall at the University…
Chip Roy, conservative antagonist in Washington, launches bid for Texas attorney general
Rep. Chip Roy announced a bid for Texas attorney general on Thursday, seeking to replace Ken Paxton in…
Parents of girls killed in Texas camp flooding say âcommonsenseâ measures were absent as lawmakers consider safety bill
Michael McCown sent his 8-year-old daughter Linnie to a summer camp in central Texas trusting she would be…
Americans worry democracy in danger amid gerrymandering fights, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds
By Jason Lange, Unknown f781ef79-b713-474d-aef1-1fc7112288ee and James OliphantWASHINGTON (Reuters) -Most Americans believe that efforts to redraw U.S. House…
Obama makes rare political intervention to weigh in on Texas redistricting and back Newsom
Former President Barack Obama said he supports California Democrats' efforts to redraw congressional districts aiming to offset a…