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Texas House ends first special session

Gov. Greg Abbott resets Texas redistricting fight with second special session

The Texas Legislature began a new special legislative session Friday after Gov. Greg Abbott called lawmakers back to deal with congressional redistricting and a host of other issues — laying down a new gauntlet for Democrats who fled the state nearly two weeks ago to halt a vote on a new district map.

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Texas Republicans call new special session for redistricting, this time with Democrats expected back

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Some Texas Democrats leave Illinois as second special session in their state begins

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Texas House Democrats join Chicago anti-Trump protest in Loop

Hundreds of protesters gathered at Millennium Park Saturday afternoon to rally against redistricting efforts in Texas that could give Republicans five additional U.S. House seats in next year’s midter...

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Texas House Democrats block redistricting vote, triggering second special session

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Newsom, Dems Try To Out-Trump Texas on Redistricting

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Redistricting Fight Continues as Texas Governor Abbott Calls New Special Legislative Session

Abbott said that redistricting plans, legislation to increase flash flood safety in the wake of deadly July flooding, and other legislative work remains undone because Democrats had refused to show u...

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Obama praises Texas Democrats and calls state redistricting effort ‘a systematic assault on democracy’

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Redistricting in Indiana: Republicans raise questions, Democrats have limited options if special session called

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Camp Mystic families seek sweeping reforms, camp safety laws in special session

A Chronicle investigation found that Camp Mystic, Heart O' the Hills and several other Kerr County camps hit by deadly floods were built partly in extremely hazardous flood zones. The families are calling for an investigation into the deadly flooding that killed more than two dozen campers on July 4.

Bills to fund sirens, disaster relief will die Friday as the Texas special session ends. What's next?

The Texas Legislature's first special session is set to end without the passage of key funding bills. How can those bills return?

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Lawmakers will start with a clean slate if Democrats fail to return Friday, governor calls for second special session

As Texas House Democrats remain out of the state to block a controversial redistricting bill, Governor Greg Abbott has threatened to call a second consecutive special session, raising questions about what these legislative sessions actually mean and how they reshape the political process in Texas.

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Texas Republicans plan another special session to deliver President Donald Trump more GOP congressional seats

Texas Republican leaders said Tuesday that they were prepared to end their stalemated special session and immediately begin another standoff with Democrats in the GOP’s efforts to redraw

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Texas AG Ken Paxton Suffers Major Blow in Bid to Round Up Democrats

Newsweek contacted Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows, who filed the legal petition, for comment via online inquiry forms on Thursday, outside of regular office hours.