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Speaker of the House Dustin Burrows gavels to restore order during debating for the newly introduced redistricting bill, House bill 4 during a House meeting in the State Capitol on August 20, 2025 in ...
A top Democratic lawmaker will run for secretary of state in 2026. Rep. Allison Russo, D-Upper Arlington, announced her campaign Aug. 21, weeks after she stepped down from her position as House ...
The gambit has triggered a national redistricting war, as governors from both major parties threaten to initiate similar efforts in other states.
California Democrats are taking up their proposed constitutional amendment to temporarily redraw their congressional maps, hours after Republicans in the Texas House passed new maps of their own.
After Texas moved forward on a new Trump-backed congressional map this week, California Gov. Gavin Newsom responded, "It's on," moving forward on his own redistricting plan that favors Democrats.
Rep. Nicole Collier was forced off a call with the Democratic National Committee that she had joined while under House arrest in the state capital.
Former President Barack Obama waded in to support California Democrats tit-for-tat efforts to more extremely gerrymander the ...
The ranking members of the House Judiciary and Energy and Commerce committees are launching an investigation into Skydance’s $8 billion merger with Paramount and whether the $16 million settlement ...
The Texas House of Representatives has passed legislation dictating new congressional lines in an effort to add Republicans in Congress.
In a letter, Reps. Frank Pallone and Jamie Raskin raised concerns that Paramount paid an “illegal bribe” to the president ...
President Trump — who regularly denounces anything he dislikes as “fake news,” even when it is accurate — is now demanding that Smithsonian Institution museums undergo an overhaul to present a fake ...
From urban cores to rural regions, Texans' needs differ. Experts worry new districts encompassing geographically distant communities will dilute their voices.