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Texas senate OKs latest bill restricting use of government and school bathrooms by transgender people
Texas Senate Bill 7 would require people to use restrooms that match their birth gender and fine institutions up to $25,000 ...
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Texas Senate approves bill to protect Texans from real estate fraudsters
It was an absolute nightmare. An absolute shock to get letters from the Dallas County appraisal district asking us what we sold our property for. Because we did not sell it,” church board chair Robert ...
Politicians flee state in Texas gerrymandering fight. Could it happen in Arizona?
Texas lawmakers' drawing new congressional boundaries to advantage Republicans has ignited a national scrum over ...
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Texas Democrats in Boston to protest GOP redistricting bill say they're "not fleeing" The Texas redistricting battle landed ...
Then-Sen. John Whitmire restored quorum in 2003, allowing mid-century GOP redistricting of Texas
A coalition of Texas Democrats recently fled to Chicago to block a similar redistricting effort by Republican lawmakers.
Watch: Texas Senate Dems rail against gerrymandering on Voting Rights Act anniversary
Texas Senate Democrats spoke Wednesday morning on their efforts to fight redistricting across the country that they argue are ...
Texas lawmakers propose replacing STAAR exam with three shorter tests
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Texas Senate committee to consider bill restricting transgender bathroom access in schools and government buildings
The Texas Senate Committee on State Affairs will meet on Monday to consider SB 7, mandating the bathrooms transgender people ...
Paxton opens door to FBI involvement in Texas fight after initial pushback
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) on Wednesday signaled he was open to getting the FBI involved in the redistricting ...
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DNC chair excludes some examples from a tally of Texas hearings on flood versus redistricting
Texas Democrats in the state legislature left for Illinois, New York and Massachusetts to deny Republicans a quorum to redistrict congressional maps. Republicans are seeking to redraw boundaries to ...
Texas Legislature: What is a quorum?
The Texas Legislature must have what's called a "quorum" in order to do business proposing, discussing and voting on bills.
Democrats draw up plans to retaliate if Republicans gerrymander Texas — but they face legal hurdles
California is eyeing a ballot initiative this fall to redraw its House map for 2026 — only if Texas Republicans redistrict to ...