Many of Texas' reservoirs and lakes are near full capacity, with some jumping more than 30 feet since early July.

More than 20 years after launching mid-decade redistricting, the Lone Star State is back in the middle again. It’s easy to forget these days, given the more than three-decade dominance of Republicans in Texas, that Democrats began 2004 with a majority of the state’s delegation to the U.S. House.

Empty fields across North Texas are being turned into huge neighborhoods with thousands of homes and eye-popping amenities. See where these communities are located and learn more about the companies bringing them to fruition.

Catastrophic flooding struck central Texas on Friday as the Guadalupe River surged by more than 20 to 26 feet within 90 minutes, causing widespread devastation and forcing mass evacuations in Texas Hill Country. At least 80 people have been killed in the floods while others remain missing or displaced and more than 850 people required rescuing.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton threatened to arrest state Democrats who obstruct plans to draw new congressional maps, raising the stakes for a controversial effort backed by President Donald Trump as a way of protecting the slim Republican majority in the US House of Representatives.

There are questions over why oversight was eased at Mystic Camp as it expanded in a hazardous floodplain, the AP reported.