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Blue State Republicans Helped Win the House Majority. The Redistricting Wars May End Their Careers.

Texas’ redistricting efforts have triggered threats of similar action from California and New York — a move that would ...

Why Trump's political war in Texas is much bigger than the Lone Star State

Spurred on by Trump, Texas Republicans redrew the boundary lines for U.S. House seats in the state. The new map creates five more GOP-leaning seats.

Abbott’s bid to expel the House Democratic leader goes to a court filled with his appointees

The Texas Supreme Court said in 2021 the Constitution allows members to thwart legislation by leaving the state. Abbott wants ...

Cornyn Says F.B.I. Will Help Find Texas Lawmakers Who Left State

The senator said the agency had agreed to help locate Democratic state legislators who departed to try to block a vote on ...

FBI helping Texas law enforcement locate ‘rogue’ Dems who fled state redistricting session

Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) had requested FBI involvement after 57 legislators decamped to blue states — including Illinois, Massachusetts and New York.

Indiana is the next target for the White House’s redistricting push

The White House’s pressure campaign on Republican-dominated states to redraw their congressional maps is poised to escalate ...
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Rent control advocates, opponents state their case during State House hearing

Advocates flocked to the State House, July 29, amid a renewed push to eliminate the statewide ban that prohibits cities and ...

Texas state lawmakers in Illinois evacuated from their hotel after threat

Durbin was to join the Illinois Democratic voices who have rallied behind the Texas Democrats, who traveled to the state in an effort to block the passage of a new Republican-drawn congressional map.