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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ordered a second 30-day special legislative session Friday, following through on his promise to continue convening the state legislature to thwart Democrats’ efforts to block a GOP redistricting effort.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) called for a special election to authorize state redistricting, making good on his threat to redraw maps in response to a Republican redistricting scheme in Texas that could add five GOP seats in Congress.
An Illinois judge Wednesday rejected Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s demand to enforce arrest warrants against Democrats who left Texas to block a Republican redistricting plan.
The Texas Senate passed a redistricting map Tuesday after two Democrats remained in the chamber, allowing Republicans to hold a vote on a controversial plan that could add five more GOP seats in Congress.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a motion for contempt against Beto O’Rourke, accusing him of violating a temporary restraining order blocking him from fundraising to help cover the cost of Democrats’ quorum break.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott filed a reply Saturday in ongoing litigation aimed at removing a top Democrat from office, just one of many legal challenges Republicans are throwing at Democrats who left the state.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is asking California to enforce arrest warrants against a delegation of quorum-breaking Democratic lawmakers.
A Texas district court judge temporarily blocked Beto O’Rourke and his nonprofit from using political donations to support quorum-breaking Democratic lawmakers.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton followed through Friday on his threat to ask courts to remove quorum-breaking Democrats from office.
After President Donald Trump called for a new census that uses “information gained from the Presidential Election of 2024,” and excludes unlawful immigrants in a murky social media post Thursday morning, the Commerce Department has provided a little — but still not much — clarification. An unnamed spokesman for Commerce, which oversees the U.S. Census […]