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House Bill 4 advances to the Senate after Democrats return from a quorum-breaking walkout. Republicans aim to reshape the Texas congressional maps.
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KTAB Abilene on MSNTwo more candidates announce campaign for Texas House District 71
Two more candidates have announced their campaign for Texas House of Representatives District 71. Taylor County rancher Liz Case and former Abilene city councilmember and businessman Jay Hardaway went public with their campaigns Friday morning,
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BigCountryHomepage on MSNAbilene city councilman announces campaign for Texas House of Representatives
Abilene city council member and local attorney Blaise Regan has announced he is running for the Texas House of Representatives. Regan launched his campaign for
The mid-decade map redraw adds five Republican-leaning districts and sets up a legal showdown over minority representation.
House Speaker Dustin Burrows said Monday that Democrats who previously left the state could not leave the chamber unless they agreed to having a DPS escort. Collier refused one and must remain in the chamber.
Texas Republicans mandated that Democratic lawmakers not be allowed to leave the state house without a permission slip and a police escort.
Democrats in the Texas House of Representatives returned to Austin on Aug. 18, 2025, but their protest of redistricting efforts continues.
Gene Wu, the leader of the Texas House Democrats who fled the state earlier this month to resist Republican-led efforts to redraw Texas's congressional maps, joined a private strategy call on Thursday with Democratic legislative leaders from other Republican-led states that might also redraw their maps,