The Supreme Court’s decision to let Texas use its contested congressional maps in the 2026 elections landed with a thud in ...

The Texas Legislature redrew the state's congressional districts after a bitter, partisan battle. Republicans undertook the rare, mid-decade redistricting in hopes of picking up five additional ...

Many states in the United States would be significantly impacted if sea levels rose 10 feet, including Texas, a projection ...

Rep. Jasmine Crockett did not mince words after the Supreme Court stepped in to temporarily preserve Texas’ newly redrawn ...

Democratic Texas Rep. Gene Wu surrounded by other Texas House Democrats and Democratic members of Congress. (Nam Y. Huh/AP) The Texas House of Representatives had enough members present Monday morning ...

Rep. Jasmine Crockett, a Texas Democrat, has chastized the U.S. Supreme Court after it temporarily allowed Texas to move forward with newly drawn congressional districts, a decision she says tilts the ...

A recently created map paints a concerning picture for Texas' future, highlighting the potential impact of rising sea levels and increased flooding due to climate change and coastal erosion. The map, ...

Texas Sen. Carol Alvarado, D-Houston, right, huddles with other democrat senators and staff members to fight against a bill on a redrawn U.S. congressional map during a special session in the Senate ...

A map of the proposed changes to Texas congressional districts sits on a Texas House member's desk on Aug. 20, 2025. “Fresh off Texas Senate's approval, new congressional map is target of lawsuit” was ...

I represent the people of El Paso, Texas in the state legislature, a west Texas district that is a 14-hour drive away from the Louisiana border. Yet, data from the Texas Legislative Council indicates ...

When Texas Republican lawmakers redrew the state's congressional districts at the behest of President Trump this summer, neither they, nor the president, left any question about what motivated them.

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