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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott calls 2nd 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 Gov. Greg Abbott calls second special session as Democrats continue holdout over redistricting vote

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Abbott calls second special session as first round ends with Democrats still out of state

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Redistricting fight continues as Texas Governor Abbott calls new special legislative session

Texas Governor Greg Abbott called a second special legislative session on Friday, hiking pressure on Democratic lawmakers who fled the state to stymie Republican plans to redraw political maps at the...

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Texas House Democrats block redistricting vote, triggering second special session

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‘We need help to restart.’ Flood victims try to rebuild amid quorum break at Texas Capitol

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News Wrap: Abbott calls 2nd special session for new congressional maps in Texas

In our news wrap Friday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott called a second special session to approve new congressional maps in favor of Republicans, Erin strengthened into the first hurricane of this year's Atlantic season and at least 280 people are dead after flash floods wreaked havoc on parts of northern Pakistan and India.

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?