Tag: Austin
Lawmakers pass most but not all Abbott priorities
By Cassandra Pollock and James Barragán, The Texas Tribune
The Texas Legislature adjourned from its third special session of the year early Tuesday morning after...
Texas GOP advances new maps that would tighten slipping grip
By ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press/Report for America
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Republicans on Saturday night closed in on redrawn U.S. House maps that would...
Republicans draw congressional districts that dilute power of Hispanic, Asian voters
By Alexa Ura and Mandi Cai, The Texas Tribune
The intensity with which Texas Republicans are struggling against demographic tides as they redraw the state's...
Texas Republicans want new House district in the Valley over local lawmakers’ objections
By Patrick Svitek, The Texas Tribune
Texas Republicans are on the verge of creating a newly competitive state House seat in the Rio Grande Valley...
Other GOP states urge court to let Texas abortion law stand
By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Eighteen states threw new support behind Texas' ban on most abortions as the Biden administration...
Texas order reflects growing GOP vaccine mandates hostility
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press
(AP) — With the governor of Texas leading the charge, conservative Republicans in several states are moving to block or...
Texas governor orders ban on private company vaccine mandate
By JIM VERTUNO, The Associated Press
AUSTIN — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order Monday to prohibit any entity, including private business, from...
What happened to Texas’ tilt from red to blue? That’s a gray area
Molly Hennessy-Fiske | Los Angeles Times
HOUSTON — As state legislators reconvened Thursday, filing into their Capitol chambers — many in cowboy boots — to...
Biden administration urges judge to block Texas abortion law
By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Biden administration on Friday urged a federal judge to block the nation's most restrictive...
Justice Department will argue against Texas’ abortion law Friday
By Reese Oxner, The Texas Tribune
Texas’ near-total ban on abortions became law Sept. 1 and quickly became the target of several lawsuits aiming to...
