As part of a weeklong trial, the state’s legal foes are turning their attention to lawmakers’ actions in 2013 in an effort to finally resolve years-long litigation over Texas’ political maps.
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TribCast
The storm at TABC, redistricting trials and the special session ahead (podcast)
On this week’s TribCast, Ross talks to Ayan, Alexa and Jay about high-level changes at the state’s alcohol regulator, the redistricting trials underway in San Antonio and the special session that starts next Tuesday.
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Texas Elections 2018
Analysis: Telling Texas political fortunes is easy, with a map
It’s true that three of the Republican incumbents in the Texas congressional delegation live in districts where Donald Trump lost, but unless judges change the state’s political maps, two of those districts are still dominated by the GOP.
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Lock the Vote
Voting rights battle in Pasadena could have Texas-wide legal ramifications
The outcome of a voting rights fight over Pasadena Hispanics’ right to choose their city council members could reverberate beyond the city limits of this Houston suburb.
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Politics
Trial over Texas political maps starts in San Antonio
As a part of a week-long court battle over the state’s political maps, minority rights groups on Monday focused on the discriminatory impact of the Texas House map.
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Texas Elections 2018
With 2018 election looming, Texas back in court over political maps
Texas and its legal foes are back in court this week to hash out whether the state can hold the 2018 elections with its existing political maps.
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Politics
Analysis: The biggest prize in the Texas redistricting fight isn’t a new map
Winning some more seats in the congressional delegation or the Legislature would make Texas Democrats happy, but the real prize at stake in the state’s redistricting legislation is federal oversight of the state’s Republican mapmakers.
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Politics
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a Wisconsin redistricting case. What does that mean for Texas?
The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday it was taking up a case from Wisconsin on political redistricting. What could the move mean for Texas, which is prepping for its own redistricting trial next month?
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Lock the Vote
As court scoldings pile up, will Texas face a voting rights reckoning?
A barrage of court rulings has forced Texas leaders to confront whether they strayed too far in enacting voting laws found to have disproportionately burdened minorities.
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Politics
Fearing 2018 losses, Texas Republicans in Congress want special session on redistricting
Several Texas Republicans in Congress told the Tribune they want Gov. Greg Abbott to call a special session to redraw the state’s congressional map. Yet all signs suggest Abbott isn’t interested.
