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Opinion: Trump has thrown out the rule book, so we will fight fire with fire, state Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer writes.
This week marks a flashpoint in an escalating and unprecedented fight over redistricting, with the country’s two most ...
Vulnerable Republican incumbents and GOP fiscal hawks are teaming up over a historically contentious issue: earmarks.
There’s historical precedent for Texas House Democrats vamoosing to deny Republicans the quorum they need to carry out ...
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From blue to red

There are few dumber studies that pop up in our media than those purporting to rank the quality of life in our 50 states, usually in ways that make Southern states out to be the worst places to live.
Texas State Rep. Gene Wu endorses Illinois Rep. Hoan Huynh in the race to succeed Jan Schakowsky as Evanston's representative ...
A second special session that has made approving the map a priority started Friday, shortly after the first one ended.
Texas Democrats who fled to Chicago are expected back in Austin tomorrow, and the showdown in the State House is shaping up ...
After a two-week quorum break that shut down the first special session, Texas House Democrats are expected to return to the state Capitol on Monday. The first session ended without any legislation ...
Texas Republicans on Monday aimed to resume pushing through redrawn U.S. House district maps that would carve out a bigger ...
California Democrats are making a partisan push to draw new congressional districts and reshape the state’s U.S. House representation in their favor, but to pull it off, lawmakers returning to the ...
Crenshaw was first voted into office in 2018 to serve the second congressional district of Texas. Prior to being in office, he served in the U.S. military as a Navy SEAL for ten years. "Instead, as ...