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 ...

The battle over mid-decade redistricting in Texas -- where the state’s congressional lines could be redrawn well ahead of the ...

House Speaker Dustin Burrows has issued civil arrest warrants for the absent members found to be in Texas. None has been ...

The chamber lacks enough members on the House floor to hold a vote on a new congressional map that could flip five Democrat ...

After the Texas House failed to make a quorum on Tuesday, Texas Democrats were told to return to Austin by Friday​ or face ...

Texas Republicans need a quorum to pass new congressional maps that would send more Republicans to the U.S. House of ...

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 marathon session Tuesday wasn't without its own political drama. Early on, nine of the chamber's Democrats ...