The administrative ruling is a first step before the court decides whether to pause the use of the 2025 map, drawn to increase GOP seats in the U.S. House, for the rest of the legal battle.
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Ken Paxton fights to keep divorce records private, accuses press of invading his personal life
A group of eight media organizations, including the Texas Newsroom and The Texas Tribune, asked that the divorce records be unsealed.
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2026 Texas Elections
Greg Abbott vows to spend mightily to turn Harris County red
The county, which includes Houston, is critical to both parties’ statewide ambitions, but has been blue for about decade.
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Redistricting Texas 2025
Abbott, Republican lawmakers’ comments cited in court order overturning Texas’ congressional gerrymander
Judge Jeffrey Brown pointed to comments from the governor and GOP legislators as the basis for his ruling that the new map can’t be used in 2026.
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Lawsuit halts Texas’ $3 billion dementia fund
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick blasted a “frivolous” lawsuit attempting to block the dementia research fund approved by nearly 70% of Texas voters. Plaintiffs claim voting machines were faulty.
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Islamic group sues after Gov. Greg Abbott directs DPS to investigate them
The CAIR Legal Defense Fund and another group claim the governor’s proclamation identifying them as terrorists “is defamatory and finds no basis in law or fact.”
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Redistricting Texas 2025
Court order on Texas redistricting forces election officials, county parties to scramble — again
Texas officials preparing for elections under new congressional maps must quickly reverse course because of a federal court order blocking the use of the maps.
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A pregnant Texas mother kept getting sicker. She died after she couldn’t get an abortion.
Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors at a San Antonio area hospital that there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her.
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A year after Donald Trump won the Rio Grande Valley, South Texans navigate changes big and small
Residents in the southernmost part of Texas want to remind themselves — and the nation — that the region is more than a political battleground. It’s their home.
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Redistricting Texas 2025
Court order striking down Texas redistricting map upends plans for candidates across the state
Republicans who were planning to run for newly gerrymandered districts may have to reassess, while Democrats who were drawn out of their seats could suddenly have a path back to Congress.