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Texas House adjourns for second time Friday due to Democratic absences

The Texas House of Representatives was forced to adjourn for the second time Friday after failing to meet the minimum attendance threshold upon gaveling in for the second special session called by Gov.

Chicago Tribune · 20h

Texas House Democrats planning their departure from Illinois and back to Austin

Texas Democrats who fled to Illinois to block a GOP-led congressional redistricting plan said they would return after lawmakers adjourn Friday and California Democrats introduce their retaliatory

Associated Press News on MSN · 1d

Texas Democrats set plan to end nearly 2-week walkout over Republicans’ redraw of US House maps

Texas Democrats have moved closer to ending a nearly two-week walkout that has blocked the GOP's redrawing of U.S. House maps before the 2026 election.

Texas, Democrats and second special session

UPI on MSN · 6h

Texas Gov. Abbott calls second special session on redistricting

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott called a second special session Friday after gaveling out the first 30-day session, hamstrung by fleeing Democrats who left the state.

KERA News · 2h

Texas Legislature's second special session begins as quorum-breaking Democrats plan return

The new special session started Friday with threats to House Democrats, who have signaled their intention to return to Texas after leaving the state to block the passage of a new GOP-friendly congressional map.

AOL · 5h

Texas Democrats are heading home, but the redistricting fight may be far from over

Returning to the Lone Star State gives Republicans a chance to approve new congressional maps and sets the stage for a high-stakes court battle.

11hon MSN

Texas House Speaker vows runaway Dems will be arrested if they try to sneak home over weekend

Congressional redistricting battle intensifies as California vows to counter Texas GOP maps while Democratic lawmakers end ...

10hon MSN

Texas House fails to make a quorum on 6th attempt as Democrats continue holdout, second special session looms

Republican leaders said that if they can't reach a quorum again at 10 a.m., both the House and Senate will wrap up the ...

1hon MSN

Paxton seeks to revoke O’Rourke group’s charter over fundraising for Texas House Democrats

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) is looking to revoke the charter of former Rep. Beto O’Rourke’s (D-Texas) political organization, Powered by People, over its fundraising for Texas state House ...

6hon MSN

Texas House reissues arrest warrants for absent lawmakers

The Texas House has voted to reissue civil arrest warrants for state representatives who continue to be absent without excuse ...

Texas House Democrats accept Skokie official’s invite to north suburban mosque

Before Texas House Democratic legislators return to Austin after a 12-day exile in Illinois to thwart their state’s ...

Denton Record-Chronicle2d

Krum real estate agent launches bid to unseat Andy Hopper in Texas House District 64

A new challenger has emerged for the District 64 seat in the Texas House of Representatives. Republican Lisa McEntire, a Krum ...

2don MSN

Illinois judge declines Texas AG’s request to enforce arrest warrants in redistricting standoff

A judge in Illinois denied Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s request to enforce civil arrest warrants for the absent Texas ...

Sen. Dick Durbin joins Texas Democrats in denouncing GOP remap try: ‘This is an American issue’

Durbin was originally supposed to speak alongside the lawmakers last week, before a bomb threat was reported at the hotel ...

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