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Texas bill creating more weekend early voting could boost turnout, but delay election results
A bill headed for Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk may not go into effect until 2027. Election administrators say the changes could ...
Democrats focus on 2026 elections after tough legislative session
Democrats watched as Republicans flexed their dominance in the legislative session. Now Democrats hope to heal those wounds ...
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Texas May Redraw Its House Lines Mid-Decade. The Last Time This Happened The GOP Picked Up 5 Seats.
The White House has been urging Texas Republicans to look into potentially redrawing the lines of their House districts ahead ...
Trump DOJ ally Aaron Reitz launches bid for Texas attorney general to succeed Ken Paxton
Aaron Reitz, a close ally to outgoing Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, touted his ties to the Trump administration in his ...
Will Greg Abbott call a special session to redraw Texas’ congressional districts?
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is pondering calling a special session that would allow lawmakers to redraw the state's congressional ...
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Trump aides want Texas to redraw its congressional maps to boost the GOP. What would that mean?
The plan would shift voters from safely red districts into blue ones. Members of the state’s Republican delegation aren’t ...
Texas investigating 33 potential noncitizen voters in 2024 election
The cases are a miniscule fraction of the 11.3 million Texans who voted in the November 2024 general election.
Texas to expand voting on weekends for next presidential election
Texas will no longer have a three-day gap between the end of early voting and Election Day under a bill that is heading to ...
Texas Secretary of State refers 33 potential noncitizens for voter fraud to AG
The Texas Secretary of State has referred the names of 33 potential noncitizens to the Office of Attorney General to ...
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Texas’ abortion bans are here to stay despite narrow clarification
Legal challenges have failed, elections haven’t moved the needle and the fight for a narrow clarification shows how immovable ...
Texas' biggest political donor is calling out elected officials after striking out in the Legislature
The Houston Chronicle is part of an initiative with ProPublica and The Texas Tribune to report on how power is wielded in ...