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Texas House again fails to reach quorum amid Democrats' protest

Gene Wu, the Texas House minority leader, earlier told ABC News Thursday that he believes his caucus would hold out on Friday and once again deny the legisla

Yahoo · 38m

Texas Democrats know they may lose redistricting protest, but hope to spark a national fight

Democrats concede there’s only so much they can do to keep Texas from redrawing its maps. But they want to encourage blue states to retaliate.

NBC News on MSN · 7h

Gov. Greg Abbott amps up pressure on Texas Democrats who fled in redistricting fight

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott vowed to call “special session after special session after special session” in response to Democratic lawmakers who have fled the state to block redistricting legislation, saying they’ll have to stay out of Texas for years to prevent it becoming law.

Texas redistricting standoff escalates

NBC News on MSN · 2h

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott moves to amp up the pressure on Democrats who fled in redistricting standoff

More than 50 Texas Democratic legislators left the state to block a GOP effort to redraw congressional lines. Abbott said they won't be able to wait out the redistricting push.

CBS News · 14h

Texas redistricting standoff escalates as Democrats head to California, face lawsuit and arrest warr

Texas House Democrats, who fled the state to block a GOP-led redistricting plan, are now heading to California, where Gov. Gavin Newsom plans to host them. Meanwhile, Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows has filed a lawsuit in Illinois to enforce arrest warrants against the lawmakers.

FOX News on MSN · 3h

Texas asks Illinois court to enforce arrest warrants for Democratic lawmakers

Texas pursues legal action to enlist Illinois assistance in apprehending Texas state Democratic lawmakers hunkered down in the Prairie State.

Texas Democrats face bomb scare, arrest threats

CBS News on MSN · 47m

Second bomb threat this week at Chicago-area hotel where some Texas Democrats are staying

A Chicago-area hotel, where many Texas Democrats who left the state in protest were staying, was evacuated for the second time just two days apart due to another bomb threat on Friday.

The Texas Tribune on MSN · 1d

Live redistricting updates: Dems say there was a bomb threat made at their hotel

Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin said his group is putting its full weight to help Texas Democrats, who left the state to block Republicans from redrawing congressional districts.

USA Today · 1d

Texas Democrats face bomb scare, arrest threats amid gerrymandering standoff

Texas Democratic lawmakers were evacuated from a Chicago area hotel after a bomb threat amid a standoff over a controversial redistricting plan.

Showdown in Texas continues

The Atlantic on MSN · 1h

The Flaw in the Texas Democrats’ Plan

Shame, however, is not an emotion experienced by many politicians these days, least of all ones who answer to Donald Trump. The likeliest conclusion of this effort is that Republicans will get their wish, just as they did after a similar situation in 2021.

ABC News on MSN · 2h

Showdown in Texas continues as state Democrats plan to boycott hearing again

Texas Democrats are gearing up for another day of defiance against Gov. Greg Abbott and the state GOP as they try to move forward with their controversial redistricting.

Yahoo · 1h

Texas Democrats face Republican deadline to stop standoff or face consequences

The Texas House is set to meet as Republican legislators say that Friday is the deadline for Democratic legislators who've fled the state to return or face consequences. House Republicans will try to vote on GOP-proposed new congressional maps that would give Republicans more seats in Congress -- potentially allowing the GOP to keep control of the U.

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Texas Democrats head to California as Republicans warn of more escalations over walkout

Texas Republicans are planning to escalate their efforts to end a weeklong holdout by Democrats if they don’t return to the ...

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Texas’ space investment grows in Austin as company builds next-gen satellite factory

Cesium Astro, a telecommunications equipment company, is set to build the world’s most advanced satellite spacecraft factory ...

Texas Public Radio2h

Texas Parks and Wildlife is 'looking across the landscape of Texas' for new state parks

In 2023, Texas voters approved a $1 billion investment in state parks. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has begun ...

North Texas students need to put their phones away when they head back to school

Most of those districts’ policies allow students to keep their phones with them but have them turned off during the school ...

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"Built with North Texas' future in mind" | New hospitals, medical facilities are in the works to keep up with DFW's booming population

Many facilities that recently opened or are in the works across North Texas are in the parts of the Metroplex that are seeing ...

CultureMap Austin on MSN2h

9 Texas state parks make new list of America's best for 2025

Nine beautiful Texas state parks earn acclaim in a new ranking of the the 100 best state parks "for great value stays" in the ...

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Texas’s new redistricting map poised for long-term legal showdown, experts say

President Donald Trump asked Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) to call the state legislature in for a special session where they could ...

Texas has a new tallest skyscraper — and it’s not in Houston anymore

HOUSTON — The Texas skyline has a new tallest tower.

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