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Texas house votes to approve Republican redistricting maps
Texas legislators have approved new congressional maps meant to give Republicans an edge in next year's elections for the US House of…
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Texas Dem Who Rejected Authoritarian Tactics Threatened With Felony
On Tuesday, Texas Representative Nicole Collier chose to sleep on the floor of the State House rather than be subject to draconian 24-7…
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Texas Democrat spends night in Legislature protesting police shadowing in redistricting battle
A Texas Democrat opted to stay in the state House chamber overnight and into Tuesday rather than allow a law enforcement officer to shadow…
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Texas Dems Resort to Wild Measure to Protest Fascist Surveillance
Texas is treating Democratic representatives like convicted felons for trying to stop the GOP’s illegal gerrymandering efforts. Republican…
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Police escort Texas Democrats to prevent new redistricting walkout as California moves to retaliate
Texas Democrats who ended a walkout found themselves shadowed by law enforcement officers to keep them from repeating the protest that…
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Texas House back in session after Democrats return, work starts on new congressional map
The Republican speaker of the Texas House vowed to move fast to redraw the state's congressional districts after reaching a quorum…
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Texas House Democrats return to Austin after delaying vote on new congressional maps
Texas House Democrats are returning to Austin on Monday after temporarily thwarting the Trump-inspired Republican push to redraw the…
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Texas Democrats say they're ending a two-week walkout over gerrymandered U.S. House map plan
Texas Democrats say they are ending a two-week walkout that stalled Republican efforts to redraw congressional districts to satisfy…
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Abbott calls second special legislative session to push redistricting in Texas
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott urged "delinquent" state House Democrats to return to Austin on Friday as he called a second special legislative…
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Gavin Newsom strikes back against Trump in Texas redistricting battle
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday announced voters in California will have a chance in a special election this fall to greenlight partisan…
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Jury finds Texas couple guilty of concealing and harboring bakery workers in the U.S. illegally
Two South Texas bakery owners are guilty of concealing and harboring employees in the U.S. illegally, a jury found Wednesday afternoon…
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Texas Democrats weigh return, urge Gov. Abbott to focus on flood recovery instead of redistricting
Texas Democrats said Wednesday they will "issue demands" for a planned second special session as they consider whether to return to Austin…
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Underwater mortgages are climbing in Florida and Texas housing markets
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Texas GOP Ropes Public Safety Office Into Hunting Democrats
“I’m announcing a historic action to rescue our nation’s capital from crime, bloodshed, bedlam, and squalor, and worse,” Trump told a…
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Texas standoff enters second week as Democrats thwart GOP on new redistricting map
California Gov. Gavin Newsom called on President Trump to accept a ceasefire in the fight over redrawing congressional lines, vowing…
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Texas Cracks Down on Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying for More Taxpayer Money
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Texas launches full legal assault on runaway Democrats blocking redistricting
Texas Republican officials have asked California to help arrest the Democratic lawmakers who fled to the West Coast last week, seeking to…
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Pritzker calls runaway Texas Democrats 'heroes,' vows to provide 'safe haven' in Illinois
Gov. J.B. Pritzker said the Democrats who fled to Illinois to prevent Texas Republicans from drawing new congressional maps, are "heroes,"…
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Texas judge blocks Beto O'Rourke from helping runaway Democrats
A Texas judge issued a restraining order Friday blocking former Rep. Beto O'Rourke from using his political group to help state Democratic…
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Gov. Newsom vows to 'nullify' Texas with 5 more Democratic seats in California
California Gov. Gavin Newsom promised retaliation against Republicans if Texas follows through on redrawing its congressional map, saying…
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Paxton asks Texas Supreme Court to strip absent Democratic lawmakers of their seats
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton asked his state's Supreme Court to boot some Texas Democrat "cowards" out of their legislative seats…
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Texas Is the Dry Run for the GOP’s Dismantling of Electoral Democracy
They know what they’re doing. In his opening remarks, King outlined his reasons for sponsoring the bill: “My first objective is to create…
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Texas Democrats face deadline to return or risk expulsion, arrest
Democrats in the Texas Legislature are staring at a Friday deadline for returning or facing consequences that Republicans say could…
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Cornyn Says FBI Will Do Republicans’ Bidding and Hunt Texas Democrats
The FBI has agreed to help hunt down Texas Democratic lawmakers, according to Republican Senator John Cornyn, who made the request. “I am…