Republican leaders announced that if they can't reach a quorum again at 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 15, both the House and Senate ...

Texas Senate approves Republican-drawn redistricting maps in 19-2 vote as nine Democrats walk out in protest while House ...

The Texas Senate passed a GOP-friendly House map on Tuesday, putting it a step closer to final passage in the state ...

Democrats' absence has halted work in the Texas House, which must also approve the new boundaries, for more than a week.

In this week’s episode, Matthew and Eleanor ask University of Houston law professor David Froomkin to help them break down ...

Texas Republicans tried again to reconvene the House on Monday for a vote on redrawing congressional maps in their party's ...

Texas House Democrats plan to return to the state after fleeing to block GOP redistricting efforts, local Texas media has ...

The Texas Senate voted 19-2 along party lines on Tuesday to approve a congressional redistricting map that is identical to a ...

When Gov. Greg Abbott called a special session last month, he put legislation responding to the devastating Hill Country floods at the top of lawmakers’ agenda.

The Texas Senate’s packed floor session Tuesday wasn’t without its own political drama. Early on, nine of the chamber’s ...

The redrawn map shifts voters in Austin, Houston, North Texas and the Rio Grande Valley in hopes of creating five more Republican seats in the U.S. House.

Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows confirmed the plans during a brief session Tuesday morning that marked another failure to ...