Midsummer doldrums have been replaced by a little suspense — about the governor’s plans, a court’s decisions and the Legislature’s protracted debate over abortion law.
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Inside Intelligence: About Those Election Laws…
For this week’s nonscientific survey of insiders in government and politics, we asked about setting up a presdential race, resigning to run, getting federal permission to change election laws and whether the 2014 primaries will be on time.
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Redistricting, Redone by Lawmakers, Goes Back to Judges
In the wake of a voting rights decision by the nation’s highest court and new political maps drawn by Texas lawmakers, a federal panel on Monday began working to figure out the next steps for Texas redistricting.
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U.S. Supreme Court Tosses Texas Election Cases
In the wake of its decision to strike a section of the Voting Rights Act earlier this week, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday sent two Texas cases on voter ID and redistricting back to the lower courts.
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Criminal Justice
High Court’s Arizona Ruling Could Affect Texas
Texans is waiting to find out whether its voter ID law and its redistricting maps will be affected by a Supreme Court ruling on Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act. But another ruling in an Arizona case could come into play.
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Interactive: The Maps at the Heart of the Redistricting Debate
An interactive look at the legislative and congressional district maps used for the 2012 elections — the same maps Gov. Rick Perry asked lawmakers to ratify during the current special session — and what they’re like, demographically and politically.
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Bidness As Usual
UT/TT Poll: Partisan Splits on Guns in Texas
Texans strongly favor criminal and mental health background checks on all gun sales, and they are divided when it comes to concealed weapons on college campuses, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.
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Redistricting Maps Draw Amendments in House
The Texas House went off script Thursday, adopting several amendments to political redistricting maps it initially intended to adopt without changes.
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As Special Session’s End Approaches, Key Goals Remain Unfinished
With six days left, all of the goals of the special session — redistricting, transportation funding, abortion legislation and criminal justice reform — remain unfinished.
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Criminal Justice
Newsreel: Special Session, Special Items, Clock Ticking
This week in the Texas Weekly Newsreel: It’s week three of the special session, and Gov. Rick Perry has added a few more items to the agenda, including abortion restrictions, transportation and criminal sentencing for teenagers.
