The panel ruled that such an action wasn’t warranted, though it previously ruled that state lawmakers discriminated against voters of color when they first drew new maps in 2011.
Alexa Ura
Alexa Ura reported for The Texas Tribune from 2013 to 2023. She covered the complex dynamics of race, ethnicity, wealth, poverty and power and how they are shaping the future of Texas and Texans, in the long and short term. Alexa started at the Tribune as a reporting intern before graduating from the University of Texas at Austin and joining the staff full time. Originally from Laredo on the Texas-Mexico border, she is a native Spanish speaker and is based in Austin.
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Demographics
“You don’t forget it”: President Trump’s “go back” tweet stokes old wounds for Texans of color
Some Texans of color have spent much of their lives working through how racist attacks left them feeling less American. Now, those attacks are coming from the president.
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Census citizenship question ruling sets up legal path for Texans fighting the question
The U.S. Supreme Court threw the inclusion of a citizenship question on the census in doubt, but another legal challenge with Texas ties could bring an end to the controversy.
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Texas 2020 Elections
Running while brown: How Julián Castro is navigating white presidential politics
For the only Latino in the race, the road to 2020 is lined by political hurdles that the white men running for president won’t face.
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Graphics and data reporting
How a Supreme Court decision on the census citizenship question could affect representation in Texas
The U.S. Supreme Court could soon alter the political future of Texas when it decides whether the Trump administration can ask about citizenship on the upcoming census.
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Will Texas flip in 2020?
Texas gained almost nine Hispanic residents for every additional white resident last year
New census estimates show Texas’ Hispanic population growth continues to surpass white population growth, with Hispanics on pace to soon represent a plurality.
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Texas Voting Rights
Texas ditched its botched voter roll review but has signaled it hasn’t closed its criminal inquiry
State officials continue to deny public access to the list of 100,000 voters selected for citizenship checks, citing a section of state law that allows them to withhold the information if it’s part of a pending criminal review.
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Texas Voting Rights
Former Secretary of State David Whitley back at Gov. Greg Abbott’s office
Whitley had resigned as secretary of state just before he would have been kicked out of office without a confirmation vote.
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Demographics
Texas at center of new evidence suggesting census citizenship question was pushed to help Republicans
An analysis of the Texas House was among the evidence submitted in federal court as part of the legal fight over the addition of a citizenship question on the census.
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Politics
After blocking David Whitley’s confirmation, Senate Democrats see bills die on Abbott’s desk
A monthslong push from the governor’s office to confirm his longtime aide as secretary of state heated up in the session’s final days. Some Democrats feared retribution for defying the governor.
