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Greg Abbott battled Democrats to bring bill to vote, and redrawn district maps will heavily favor RepublicansTexas’s governor, Greg Abbott, has signed a new redistricting bill that will redraw the state’s congressional map to heavily favor Republicans….
The map will now be sent to governor Greg Abbott, a Republican, who is expected to quickly sign it into lawThe Texas senate has given final approval to a redrawn congressional map that gives Republicans a chance to pick up as many as five congressional…
Lawmakers refuse to vacate house chamber to protest surveillance after they left state over GOP attempt to redraw mapsTexas Democrats are tearing up “permission slips” they signed in order to leave the chamber, joining state representative Nicole Colli…
Governor Greg Abbott calls new special session immediately after directly adjourned its last one on FridayUS politics live – latest updatesTexas Democrats, fresh off encouragement from Barack Obama, are poised to return to their state as Governor Greg …
Chair of state’s house Democratic caucus said they will return once California submits new congressional map to offset losses in TexasUS politics live – latest updatesTexas Democrats said on Thursday they are prepared to return to the state under certa…
Governor warns lawmakers who left to foil redistricting plan that he coould call special session to extend battleTexas governor, Greg Abbott, has stepped up his war of words with Democratic lawmakers who have left the state to foil an aggressive redist…
Lawmakers had been sheltering in Illinois after denying Texas Republicans quorum for gerrymandering schemeTexas Democrats who left the state say they experienced a bomb threat at their Illinois hotel on Wednesday morning amid an ongoing clash with Repu…
JB Pritzker said lawmakers are ‘doing the right thing’ after a group left Texas to prevent House vote on redistrictingThe Illinois governor, JB Pritzker, has vowed to protect the Democratic members of the Texas house of representatives who left the sta…
About 30 lawmakers are headed to Illinois for a week to hinder Republicans’ redistricting plan pushed by TrumpTexas Democrats are fleeing the state to prevent a vote on Monday that could see five new Republican-leaning seats created in the House of Rep…
Since disaster that has killed at least 120 people, US president has remained quiet about promises to axe relief agencyUS politics live – latest updatesDuring a trip on Friday to look at the devastation caused by the catastrophic flooding in Texas, Don…