A fter a long day of debate, the Texas House of Representatives passed Republican-favored congressional maps Wednesday ...

House Bill 4 advances to the Senate after Democrats return from a quorum-breaking walkout. Republicans aim to reshape the ...

The Republican-controlled Texas House of Representatives on Wednesday kicked off a heated debate over a new congressional map ...

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With a quorum-breaking number of House Democrats still out of state, House Speaker Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, gaveled the first special session to an end Friday. Gov. Greg Abbott immediately called ...

After weeks of delays and protests from Democrats, the Texas state House is slated Wednesday to consider moving forward on ...

Texas Democrats have ended a two-week walkout that stalled efforts to redraw congressional districts as part of a national partisan brawl over President Trump’s desire to reshape U.S. House maps to ...

For the first time in more than two weeks, enough lawmakers showed up at the state capital on Monday to make a quorum for the ...

Lawmakers focused first on flood-related bills Monday night and tackled other legislation including a THC ban, property taxes ...

Texas House Democrats who fled their state to stall a Republican redistricting effort are returning Monday, the caucus ...

AUSTIN, Texas (KXXV) — The Texas House of Representatives is set to meet for a second called special session at noon on Aug.

Texas Democrats say they are ending a two-week walkout that stalled Republican efforts to redraw congressional districts to ...