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With Texas Dems back, Trump urges Legislature: ‘Pass this Map, ASAP’

Following Texas Democratic lawmakers’ return on Monday, President Donald Trump urged the state legislature to move quickly to pass a highly controversial redistricting bill "ASAP."

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Texas House Democrats declare victory as they announce return to Legislature

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What to know about redistricting fights as Texas Democrats return and California starts work

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How redistricting in Texas, California would impact 2026 midterm elections

Texas Democrats who left the state two weeks ago to stop a vote on a new congressional map that favored Republicans are beginning to return after California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced an effort to re...

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Texas Democrats say they’re ending a two-week walkout over gerrymandered US House map plan

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Texas Democrats End Walkout, Allowing Redrawn Map to Pass

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Democrats Get Police Escorts to Prevent a New Redistricting Walkout as California Moves to Retaliate

Collier, who represents a minority-majority district, said she would not “sign away my dignity" and allow Republicans to “control my movements and monitor me.”

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Over 300 protests held Saturday against Trump redistricting push

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Texas lawmakers return home after walking out of legislature and spending two weeks in Illinois to prevent GOP remap

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Texas Democrat locked inside Capitol after refusing to sign slip for mandatory escort

Nicole Collier from Fort Worth returned to the Texas Capitol on Monday but says she remains locked inside the Capitol because she wouldn't sign a permission slip to be under escort by the Texas Department of Public Safety.

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Texas Democrat Will Stay In State Capitol Overnight In Protest Against Republicans’ Police Escort Requirement

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'Held captive': Texas GOP lock Dem lawmaker in statehouse chamber for not signing 'permission slip'

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Texas Senate panel again advances redrawn congressional maps

A second special session that has made approving the map a priority started Friday, as soon as the first one ended.

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Texas state Senate passes new Republican drawn congressional map as House Dems remain on the lam

Texas Senate approves Republican-drawn redistricting maps in 19-2 vote as nine Democrats walk out in protest while House Democrats remain out of state.

San Antonio Rep. Ray Lopez won't seek reelection to Texas Legislature

The news came as Lopez and dozens of fellow Democrats returned to the House floor after a two-week quorum break to block GOP redistricting.

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Redistricting map heads back to Texas Senate amid public opposition

The proposed redistricting map is set to return to the Texas Senate floor, despite significant public opposition.

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Texas Senate advances THC ban on first day of new special session

SAN ANTONIO – The state senate has already pushed another THC ban attempt past its first legislative hurdle, after Gov. Greg Abbott called a second special session Friday.

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Texas Senate panel again advances redrawn congressional map

A second special session that has made approving the map a priority started Friday, shortly after the first one ended.

Democrat Colin Allred calls Texas redistricting destructive, criticizes Cornyn FBI request

Democratic senatorial candidate Colin Allred says GOP maps weaken minority voices and faults U.S. Sen. John Cornyn for seeking FBI aid.

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UH professors turn to 'Faux Faculty Senate' to preserve faculty voice

Dr. Maria C. Gonzalez and Dr. David Mazella, both associate professors of English at UH, are forming a faculty-led entity to replace UH's Faculty Senate, which the university dismantled due to its implementation of Senate Bill 37 in late July.