Lawmakers React to Unveiled Texas House and Congressional Maps
After the first draft of new district lines for the Texas House was unveiled on Thursday, there was a deluge of reactions by affected Democrat and Republican...
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...
Why Did The Supreme Court Delay Creating A Majority Black Voting District?
Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court delayed a state lawsuit over redistricting, which could further erode the Voting Rights Act and disenfranchise Texans of...
Legal Challenges to Texas Redistricting Begin
It was always a foregone conclusion that the Republican-controlled Texas Legislature would not draw new district lines that accurately represented the increasing diversity of...
What’s Been Done on Redistricting So Far?
The third special session of the Texas Legislature starts on Monday, and the main goal will be to set the new congressional district lines...
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...
Redistricting Hearing Casts More Doubts on Census Data
The Senate Special Committee on Redistricting met on Tuesday morning with a focus on South Texas. Senators touched mainly on the accuracy of Census...
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...
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...
First Redistricting Hearing Focuses on Census Challenges and West Texas
The Senate Special Committee on Redistricting met Monday to discuss redistricting with a regional focus on West Texas. It is the first in a...
