For two decades, Houston’s Black Democratic voters have been able to leave the polls confident that at least two of the region’s 10 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives would reflect their ...

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In yet another blow to the Trump administration’s ongoing redistricting pressure campaign, a federal court on Tuesday enjoined the use of Texas’ new map and ordered it to use its previous map for the ...

Reggie’s commentary and the conversation that it sparked strike a chord with this writer, a longtime Houston resident who’s ...

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This story was cross-posted from the Texas Observer, an investigative news organization that covers Texas communities whose stories are often ignored. After two weeks spent outside state lines—marked ...

Texas Sen. Carol Alvarado, D-Houston, right, huddles with other democrat senators and staff members to fight against a bill on a redrawn U.S. congressional map during a special session in the Senate ...

AUSTIN, Texas — As Democrats continue to push back against an effort to redraw congressional districts, and Texas House Democrats remain out of the state to block a vote in that chamber on the ...

House Democrats are hammering President Trump and GOP leaders for their effort to redraw the congressional map in Texas, accusing the Republicans of “rigging” the system to keep a grip on power — and ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom said California's redistricting would counter Texas' rare mid-decade redistricting push. That doesn't mean California is turning back after a federal court in Texas blocked the state ...

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. In early July, as President Donald ...