After leaving Texas for Illinois to prevent a legislative vote on a Republican redistricting plan, state House Democratic leader Gene Wu needed a means to project his voice—and viewpoints—to a ...

An Illinois state senator acting as local counsel for the Texas Republicans wanting to have that state’s warrants for ...

Despite removal threats, Texas Democrats remain scattered across the nation as House Speaker Dustin Burrows prepares to gavel ...

Two El Paso area state representatives are joining the fight to help a state representative that Gov. Greg Abbott wants to ...

Texas Democrats geared up for another day of defiance against Gov. Greg Abbott and the state GOP as they try to move forward ...

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Newsom said his state will move forward with plans for a November special election that would allow Democrats to redraw ...

Gov. Newsom’s California scheming — an attempt to offsett a mid-decade redistricting in Texas — is already up against ...

On Friday, Paxton filed a petition for writs of quo warranto with the Texas Supreme Court to declare 13 House seats vacant currently held by Democrats who’ve left the state.

Whether it’s Texas Republicans seeking to gerrymander congressional boundaries or Illinois Democrats preserving their control ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and the man he is vying to unseat in next year’s Republican primary, US Sen. John Cornyn, ...

At the core of the fight in Texas over redrawing the state’s congressional districts is a debate over a time-honored right ...