First Proposed Texas Legislative District Lines Released Today
The Texas Legislative Council posted the first proposed redistricting maps for the Texas Senate by Republicans in the upper chamber led by Lt. Gov....
Civil Rights Group Gets A Win In Redistricting Case
The fight over the state’s controversial congressional redistricting maps continues – and still has a long way to go. Broad efforts are underway to...
Texas Senators File a Lawsuit To Prevent Redistricting To Happen During Special Session
Democratic Sens. Sarah Eckhardt from Austin and Roland Gutierrez from San Antonio filed a federal lawsuit to block the Texas Legislature from redistricting in...
2020 Census Undercounted Half A Million Texans
On Thursday, the U.S. Census Bureau said the 2020 census likely undercounted the Texas population by roughly 2 % – which is the equivalent...
Prepare for a Very Messy Redistricting
One of the most important things on the agenda of the 87th Texas Legislature is the drawing of new congressional districts, but a combination of...
Supreme Court Punts on Ruling on Trump Census Challenge
The Supreme Court on Friday issued an opinion delaying judgment on the case challenging President Trump's July Census memo seeking to block undocumented immigrants...
Texas House Pass Map That Shores Up Republican Majority
After nearly 15 hours of debate that ended early Wednesday morning, the Texas House passed a proposal for new political boundaries for itself along...
New Texas District Maps Severely Underrepresent Minorities
In possibly the least surprising thing that has happened in Texas politics all year, the latest district maps drawn by Republicans based on the...
Twitter Reactions to New Texas Congressional District Maps
After Republicans unveiled their first draft of new district lines for the Texas congressional districts on Monday, Congressional members on both sides of the...
Does Texas Need an Independent Redistricting Commission?
Texas is due to redraw congressional districts this year once the census report is finished being processed, though it’s likely that won’t happen until...
