House, Texas and redistricting
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Texas, Democrats and mid-decade redistricting
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Texas lawmakers appear to have turned a new leaf on a previously failed effort to ban THC, with the Texas House now introducing legislation identical to a Senate proposal cracking down on THC in the state.
Keller Mayor Armin Mizani’s call for his city to partner with ICE drops a live-wire national issue into local politics. In a race for
Martin is seeking to replace the late Rep. Sylvester Turner, who died on March 5, as the Texas’ 18th Congressional District representative.
Texas’ elected officials, including Governor Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and the state House speaker, Dustin Burrows, can fall in line with the president or not; they can place party loyalty above Texas voters or do the right thing. It is their choice — they don’t have to be complicit.
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The Texas Tribune on MSNTexas again trying to restrict the bathrooms transgender people can useThe bills would carry a $5,000 fine for a first-time violation and comes as momentum for such restrictions has increased in the state and nationally.
The majority of House Republicans — 53 out of 87 members — occupy a middle ground between these two ideological poles, ranging from Brooks Landgraf of Odessa to Valoree Swanson of Spring.