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 ...

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Texas GOP lawmakers released their first draft of the state's new congressional map Wednesday, proposing revamped district lines that attempt to flip five Democratic seats in next year's midterm ...

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 ...

The high court had previously allowed the map to be used temporarily, but Monday’s ruling makes that permanent.

Over the weekend, Texas politicos went crazy over a map after they got the first glimpse at what our newly chopped-and-screwed congressional districts could look like. But while the map isn't pretty, ...

(The Texas Tribune) - Texas GOP lawmakers released their first draft of the state’s new congressional map Wednesday, proposing revamped district lines that attempt to flip five Democratic seats in ...