President Donald Trump asked Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) to call the state legislature in for a special session where they could approve new Congressional maps that would redraw district lines in favor of ...

While supporters of the bill say it's needed to make it easier to remove squatters, critics say it will undermine tenants' ...

Texas Rep. Dustin Burrows, Speaker of the House, adjourned the chamber Sine Die on Friday Aug. 15, 2025, in Austin. Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows adjourned the 2025 Legislature's first special ...

GOP lawmakers in the Texas House of Representatives and Senate have gone all in on enacting a new congressional districts map that was drawn to give their party a better chance at gaining five ...

There is a new speaker of the Texas House. That was the top issue as the 89th session of the Texas Legislature began.

AUSTIN, Texas – Across the 140 days of the 89th Texas Legislature, lawmakers filed 11,503 Senate and House bills. By Sunday, June 22, which marked the final day for Gov. Greg Abbott to veto ...

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A map of U.S Congressional Districts proposed plan is seen at a Texas legislators' public hearing on congressional redistricting in Austin Aug. 1, 2025. I would like to thank the Texas House Democrats ...

The redistricting process is a critical one in elections. Including one part of a city that holds more Democratic voters or a part of a deep-red rural area could mean enough to flip a House seat.