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The Texas House of Representatives voted Wednesday to approve a mid-decade congressional redistricting plan that could shift the balance of national power for years to come. In an 88–52 vote, ...
Republican lawmakers are pursuing the unusual mid-decade redistricting plan amid pressure from President Donald Trump to ...
The gambit has triggered a national redistricting war, as governors from both major parties threaten to initiate similar efforts in other states.
The state House speaker’s vindictive campaign against Democrat Nicole Collier has no basis in law. But it’s Texas, where ...
The vote overcame weeks of protests from House Democrats who fled the state to stall a vote on the mid-cycle redistricting.
The Republican-controlled Texas House of Representatives passed Wednesday a redrawn congressional map that creates up to five ...
After House Democrats absconded for more than two weeks in opposition to a Congressional redistricting bill, the Texas House on Wednesday passed the bill by a vote of 88-52. It was passed after ...
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks to Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier, a Democrat who slept in the Texas House chamber after refusing Republicans' demand that Democrats leave only with police escort.
Texas’ House of Representatives is approving a new map that creates up to five new, winnable congressional seats for the GOP.
House Bill 4 advances to the Senate after Democrats return from a quorum-breaking walkout. Republicans aim to reshape the ...
The potential court challenge would argue HB 4 amounts to unconstitutional gerrymandering, silencing minority and Democratic ...