The gambit has triggered a national redistricting war, as governors from both major parties threaten to initiate similar efforts in other states.

Former President Barack Obama waded in to support California Democrats tit-for-tat efforts to more extremely gerrymander the ...

With the GOP-driven redrawing of congressional boundaries about to become law, Texas Democrats move to the next stage of ...

The vote overcame weeks of protests from House Democrats who fled the state to stall a vote on the mid-cycle redistricting.

Republicans’ unusual mid-decade redistricting plan follows push from President Donald Trump to protect the GOP’s slim majority in the U.S. House ...

Abbott introduced three new items for Special Session #2, including one that would vacate the seats of members who leave the state for a week during a legislative session.

The potential court challenge would argue HB 4 amounts to unconstitutional gerrymandering, silencing minority and Democratic ...

A Texas House Democrat was confined in the Capitol overnight after she refused a police escort that Republican leaders imposed on lawmakers who participated in a two-week walkout over a GOP mid-decade ...

The Capitol grounds were cleared after 7 p.m. as a demonstration against a GOP redistricting plan was about to begin. Texas ...

Abbott's push for the new legislation comes just weeks after Texas Democrats left the state for Chicago, Boston, and Albany, ...

After House Democrats absconded for more than two weeks in opposition to a Congressional redistricting bill, the Texas House ...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Republican-controlled Texas House of Representatives on Wednesday kicked off a heated debate over a ...