Many states in the United States would be significantly impacted if sea levels rose 10 feet, including Texas, a projection ...

Texas and California are at the center of a national political power struggle that could reshape Donald Trump's second presidency. Texas Democrats prevented the state’s House of Representatives from ...

Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the story. See our AI policy, and give us feedback. The congressional map Texas lawmakers redrew in 2025 are at the center of a ...

This story was cross-posted from the Texas Observer, an investigative news organization that covers Texas communities whose stories are often ignored. After two weeks spent outside state lines—marked ...

In yet another blow to the Trump administration’s ongoing redistricting pressure campaign, a federal court on Tuesday enjoined the use of Texas’ new map and ordered it to use its previous map for the ...

It would "suppress the votes of Black and brown Austinites," one Democrat said. As Texas Republicans try to muscle a rare mid-decade redistricting bill through the Legislature to help Republicans gain ...

The U.S. Supreme Court will allow Texas to use its new congressional map for the 2026 elections. The ruling sides with Gov. Greg Abbott in a challenge claiming the map discriminates against Latino ...

I represent the people of El Paso, Texas in the state legislature, a west Texas district that is a 14-hour drive away from the Louisiana border. Yet, data from the Texas Legislative Council indicates ...

The Texas Legislature redrew the state's congressional districts after a bitter, partisan battle. Republicans undertook the rare, mid-decade redistricting in hopes of picking up five additional ...

Experts said the new map could allow Republicans to flip up to five seats. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed the bill redrawing Texas’ congressional map into law, he said on Friday. The milestone for the ...

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