Lawmakers' return comes as new congressional map, which could create five new Republican seats, awaits vote A months-long political stalemate in Texas is set to end, as House Democrats have announced ...

“ In redistricting clash, Texas GOP flexes power to shut down Democrats’ last tool of resistance ” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs ...

Nearly six weeks after historic floods killed at least 108 people in Kerr County, including 37 children, the Texas Senate ...

The Austin Police Department is experimenting with a dialogue policing, a technique originally from Europe, to help ...

The redrawn map shifts voters in Austin, Houston, North Texas and the Rio Grande Valley in hopes of creating five more ...

A majority of Democrats in the Texas Senate walked out of the chamber Tuesday to protest the chamber’s congressional redistricting map as it advanced to ...

Plus: Federalization takes hold in D.C.{beacon} TEXAS GOV. GREG ABBOTT (R) said Tuesday he’ll call for another special ...

Texas Senate Democrats staged their exit from the chamber Tuesday just before state Sen. Charles Perry, R-Lubbock, moved to ...

Twelve Democratic senators hid for four days to block a bill that would move the presidential primary date. The bill was ...

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) and aligned advocacy groups are planning Saturday protests against GOP redistricting efforts in Texas.  Nearly 50 events condemning a vote proposed by ...

Texas Republicans tried again to reconvene the House on Monday for a vote on redrawing congressional maps in their party's favor, an effort that already sparked a national political brawl and prompted ...