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Texas House Democrats say ‘what happens next is up to Abbott’

"Texas House Democrats will issue our demands for a second special session on Friday," Democratic leader Gene Wu wrote.
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Gov. Abbott will call special sessions until Texas Democrats return

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said he would continue to call special legislative sessions until Democratic lawmakers who left the ...

What a second special legislative session could mean for TX redistricting and flood relief

If a quorum is not met in the Texas House on Friday, House Speaker Dustin Burrows and Gov. Abbott have confirmed they plan to ...

Democrats say Greg Abbott is holding up flood relief. Are they right?

Critics say the governor is using relief dollars as leverage and political cover to push through President Trump's ...
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Texas Supreme Court will take weeks to review request to expel Democrats who left state

The Texas Supreme Court has granted a request for an expedited brief and review period on whether Democrats who left the ...

9 people plead not guilty in a Texas elections probe involving ‘vote harvesting’

Nine people have pleaded not guilty to felony charges brought forth in a rural Texas county by Republican Attorney General ...

Casar plans to run in Doggett’s district if Texas GOP redistricting succeeds

Rep. Lloyd Doggett, who has been in Congress for more than 30 years, has insisted that Rep. Greg Casar leave his district ...

Texas Homeowners Could Get the Biggest Tax Cut in the State’s History—but Redistricting Fight Has Overshadowed It

A $51 billion property tax relief package heads to the ballot in November, but the state's redistricting battle is pulling ...
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Texas’s renegade Democrats prepare for a glorious defeat

Greg Abbott, Texas’s Republican governor, and Ken Paxton, the attorney general, are suing to remove some of them from office, ...