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Houston Public Mediahoustonpublicmedia
2025-10-02

Supporters of Texas' redrawn congressional maps had previously said race played a role in redistricting. Now, they argued in court it was a purely partisan effort.

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Houston Public Mediahoustonpublicmedia
2025-09-05

Voter and civil rights organizations are seeking to block efforts by Gov. Greg Abbott and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to expel 13 Democratic state representatives from office for their role in this summer’s quorum break.

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Houston Public Mediahoustonpublicmedia
2025-09-03

HB 18 would ban lawmakers from raising funds while participating in a quorum break. The measure is in response to the Democratic quorum break that unsuccessfully sought to prevent Republican-sponsored congressional redistricting legislation.

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Houston Public Mediahoustonpublicmedia
2025-08-14

As students across Texas head back to school, their districts are grappling with how to comply with new state laws. Senate Bill 12 restricts several DEI initiatives in public schools, while Senate Bill 13 introduces new library policies.

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Houston Public Mediahoustonpublicmedia
2025-08-11

As a new school year begins in Houston and across the state, a new law requiring the display of the Ten Commandments in all Texas public-school classrooms is set to take effect Sept. 1. The law is being challenged in court.

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Houston Public Mediahoustonpublicmedia
2025-08-05

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Tuesday that he will seek a court ruling declaring that state House Democrats who broke quorum and left the state have “abandoned their offices,” potentially allowing Gov. Greg Abbott to appoint their replacements.

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Houston Public Mediahoustonpublicmedia
2025-08-02

A bill that would dramatically redraw Texas’ congressional maps has advanced in the GOP-led House of Representatives, increasing the chances that Democrats will break quorum to deny Republicans the minimum number of legislators needed for the House to function.

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Houston Public Mediahoustonpublicmedia
2025-07-30

The proposed map targets districts dominated by coalitions of Latino and Black voters, with a focus on districts in the Rio Grande Valley, the Dallas-Fort Worth area, and Central Texas. Houston Democrats would also see their districts shuffled.

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Houston Public Mediahoustonpublicmedia
2025-07-28

The University of Houston hosted a hearing of the Texas House Select Committee on Congressional Redistricting on Saturday. Almost all of the candidates running for TX-18, vacant since Rep. Sylvester Turner's death in March, urged the committee not to redraw the boundaries.

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Houston Public Mediahoustonpublicmedia
2025-07-24

Texas state representatives will convene at the University of Houston Saturday to hear public comments on plans to redraw congressional maps mid-decade.

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Houston Public Mediahoustonpublicmedia
2025-07-21

Democratic lawmakers at the state capital on Monday said they are keeping all options on the table to stop Republican leaders from advancing their special session redistricting agenda, along with other legislative bills they say are harmful to the average Texan. 

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Houston Public Mediahoustonpublicmedia
2025-07-21

President Donald Trump is seeking to pick up at least four, potentially five, Texas congressional seats for Republicans in a midterm election cycle that ordinarily would favor the Democrats.

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Houston Public Mediahoustonpublicmedia
2025-07-14

Disaster preparedness and flood recovery are at the top of the agenda for Texas' special legislative session. Many of the measures likely to come up for debate were considered months or years before the deadly flash flood in the Hill Country.

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Houston Public Mediahoustonpublicmedia
2025-07-10

Gov. Greg Abbott has directed state lawmakers to come up with a replacement for the STAAR test as part of the upcoming special session. It's unclear how that will address the problems critics have with the way standardized tests are used in Texas.

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Houston Public Mediahoustonpublicmedia
2025-07-02

Four civil liberties organizations filed a lawsuit against the state of Texas to challenge the constitutionality of a new law requiring the display of an explicitly Protestant translation of the Ten Commandments in all public-school classrooms.

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Houston Public Mediahoustonpublicmedia
2025-06-27

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott vetoed a bill that would have let victims of human trafficking claim duress as a defense against any crimes they’re charged with committing on behalf of their traffickers. Lawmakers will revisit the issue in a special session.

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Houston Public Mediahoustonpublicmedia
2025-06-23

Here is a list of the 26 bills vetoed by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, along with his reasons for preventing the proposed legislation from becoming law. 

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Houston Public Mediahoustonpublicmedia
2025-06-20

Texas Republican lawmakers continued their carrot-and-stick approach to higher education during this year’s legislative session, pressuring public universities into abandoning what they view as progressive policies.

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Houston Public Mediahoustonpublicmedia
2025-06-19

Senate Bill 10 would require the display of the Ten Commandments in all public-school classrooms. SB 11 would allow for periods of prayer or Bible reading in public and charter schools. Both are likely to face legal challenges under the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause.

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Houston Public Mediahoustonpublicmedia
2025-06-17

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he’s still on the fence about whether he’ll sign or veto Senate Bill 3, a measure that would ban consumable products containing THC, the psychoactive compound found in cannabis.

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