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Texas House Democrats declare victory as they announce return to Legislature

Texas House Democrats were declaring victory Monday as they were set to return to Austin and begin work anew on a partisan redistricting of the state’s congressional seats.

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Texas Democrats return to the state, ending two-week standoff over redistricting

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What to know about redistricting fights as Texas Democrats return and California starts work

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Texas Democratic lawmakers end walkout, setting stage for vote on redrawn map

Democratic lawmakers in Texas returned to the state on Monday, ending a two-week walkout that broke quorum and temporarily blocked Republican efforts to redraw congressional maps at the behest of U.S...

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Texas Democrats say they’re ending a two-week walkout over gerrymandered US House map plan

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Texas House Democrats join Chicago anti-Trump protest in Loop

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Texas Republicans set to resume push for redrawn US House maps

In response, California Democrats are also moving ahead with their own reshaping of congressional districts to counteract Texas, putting in motion a potentially widening and unusually timed redistric...

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Texas and California are set to push forward in the national redistricting fight

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Texas Democrats return home after redistricting row

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Texas Senate panel again advances redrawn congressional maps

A second special session that has made approving the map a priority started Friday, as soon as the first one ended.

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Democrat Colin Allred calls Texas redistricting destructive, criticizes Cornyn FBI request

Democratic senatorial candidate Colin Allred says GOP maps weaken minority voices and faults U.S. Sen. John Cornyn for seeking FBI aid.

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Texas Senate panel advances congressional map that shifts five seats to GOP’s favor

The Texas Senate could move the GOP’s redistricting plan forward in the next few days after the redistricting panel advanced the map on Sunday afternoon.

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Some Texas Democrats are back. Will they still face arrest?

Civil arrest warrants remain in place for lawmakers who remain out of state, Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows said.

UH professors turn to 'Faux Faculty Senate' to preserve faculty voice

Dr. Maria C. Gonzalez and Dr. David Mazella, both associate professors of English at UH, are forming a faculty-led entity to replace UH's Faculty Senate, which the university dismantled due to its implementation of Senate Bill 37 in late July.

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Poll finds Cornyn, Paxton in dead heat in Texas’ Senate GOP primary

Every previous public poll had shown the attorney general with a considerable lead over Texas’ incumbent senator.

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Texas Rep. James Talarico delivers South Side sermon as gerrymandering battle heightens profiles

Texas state Rep. James Talarico received almost a familiar welcome as he delivered a rare politician-led sermon to the historic Trinity United Church of Christ on the South Side.

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Texas Senate advances THC ban on first day of new special session

SAN ANTONIO – The state senate has already pushed another THC ban attempt past its first legislative hurdle, after Gov. Greg Abbott called a second special session Friday.