Senate Bill 8 in the Texas Legislature, which would replace the STAAR test with three shorter tests at the beginning, middle ...

Changing congressional maps in a bid to ensure one party’s victory over another — called gerrymandering — has typically been ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) announced a second special session on Friday after state lawmakers gaveled out their first special ...

Returning to the Lone Star State gives Republicans a chance to approve new congressional maps and sets the stage for a ...

Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows (D) gaveled in the start of lawmakers’ second special session on Friday afternoon, saying he expected there to be enough lawmakers present in order to conduct ...

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Session #2 begins at noon, August 15 and comes after Abbott previously announced on Tuesday he would call legislature back in ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced a second special legislative session would begin at noon Friday setting the stage for ...

By Brad Brooks (Reuters) -Texas Governor Greg Abbott called a second special legislative session on Friday, hiking pressure ...

A second special session was called Friday after the Texas House failed to make a quorum for a sixth time in a row, amid ...

Gov. Greg Abbott has called a second special session for 19 agenda items as Texas' redistricting showdown rages on.