This story was cross-posted from the Texas Observer, an investigative news organization that covers Texas communities whose stories are often ignored. After two weeks spent outside state lines—marked ...

Texas GOP lawmakers released their first draft of the state's new congressional map Wednesday, proposing revamped district lines that attempt to flip five Democratic seats in next year's midterm ...

On Wednesday, the legal fight over the newly approved congressional maps in Texas will shift from the Capitol to a federal courtroom in El Paso. That's when federal judges will consider a lawsuit by a ...

Republican Congressional Rep. Beth Van Duyne, left, Democrat Congressional Rep. Julie Johnson, center, and Republican Congressional Rep. Brandon Gill discussed redistricting at a recent Dallas ...

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. In early July, as President Donald ...

Texas Republicans have proposed a redistricting plan that would eliminate one Democratically held seat each from Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston and the Austin/San Antonio area. District lines would also ...

Federal judges in Texas this week will weigh whether the state’s newly drawn congressional map unlawfully dilutes the voting power of racial minorities, bringing to a head a redistricting battle that ...

“Texas House Republicans unveil new congressional map that looks to pick up five GOP seats” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — ...