After House Democrats absconded for more than two weeks in opposition to a Congressional redistricting bill, the Texas House on Wednesday passed the bill by a vote of 88-52. It was passed after ...

Abbott introduced three new items for Special Session #2, including one that would vacate the seats of members who leave the state for a week during a legislative session.

The vote overcame weeks of protests from House Democrats who fled the state to stall a vote on the mid-cycle redistricting.

The awkward moment happened just hours before the redistricting plan passed the Texas State House and was praised by Donald ...

The gambit has triggered a national redistricting war, as governors from both major parties threaten to initiate similar ...

The potential court challenge would argue HB 4 amounts to unconstitutional gerrymandering, silencing minority and Democratic ...

A Texas House Democrat was confined in the Capitol overnight after she refused a police escort that Republican leaders imposed on lawmakers who participated in a two-week walkout over a GOP mid-decade ...

The Capitol grounds were cleared after 7 p.m. as a demonstration against a GOP redistricting plan was about to begin. Texas ...

Abbott's push for the new legislation comes just weeks after Texas Democrats left the state for Chicago, Boston, and Albany, ...

After a two-week quorum break by Democrats, the Texas House forced through a redistricting plan on a party-line vote.

Texas' Republican-led legislature is expected to approve new congressional maps that add five new House seats that the GOP ...