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LONESTAR — 8.19.2025 — Texas Voters are Split on Redistricting — Paxton Expands Legal Action Against O'Rourke — and More...

Texas Voters split on Redistricting Texas Democrats and Republicans have been at war over the GOP’s effort to add five…

4 months ago

Paxton Expands Legal Action Against O'Rourke-Backed Group

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) has obtained a modified temporary restraining order (TRO) against Powered by People, a political…

4 months ago

LONESTAR — 8.18.2025 — Abbott Awards First Semiconductor Grant — Obama Backs Texas House Democrats Amid Redistricting Battle — and More...

Governor Greg Abbott (R) has announced a $3.6 million Texas Semiconductor Innovation Fund (TSIF) grant to Austin Community College District…

4 months ago

Abbott Calls Second Special Session, Democrats Still Out of State

Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) today issued a proclamation launching a Second Special Session, which convened at, with a focus…

4 months ago

LONESTAR — 8.15.2025 — Texas Economy Takes Dip Amid Trade and Immigration Battle — Illinois Judge Blocks Arrest of Texas Democrats — and More...

A new report from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas shows that Texas’ economy is slowing as job growth narrows,…

4 months ago

Illinois Judge Blocks Texas Warrants for Fleeing Democrats

An Illinois judge ruled this week that the state will not assist Texas officials in enforcing civil arrest warrants against…

4 months ago

Cornyn Joins GOP Attack on O’Rourke Weeks After Paxton Took Legal Action

U.S. Senator John Cornyn’s (R) recent call for a Department of Justice investigation into Beto O’Rourke and his PAC, Powered…

4 months ago

LONESTAR — 8.13.2025 — Texas GOP Pressures Democrats to Return — Texas Senate Pursues Lawsuit Against Abortion Drug Makers —Much More...

Texas GOP Pressures Democrats to Return as Flood Relief, Redistricting Stall Texas Republicans intensified efforts to compel Democratic lawmakers back…

4 months ago

Texas GOP Pressures Democrats to Return as Flood Relief, Redistricting Stall

Texas Republicans intensified efforts to compel Democratic lawmakers back to the Capitol, as a Trump-supported redistricting plan remains stalled for…

4 months ago

Cornyn Urges Texas Supreme Court to Act on Quorum-Breaking Lawmakers

U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R) has filed an amicus brief in the Texas Supreme Court backing Governor Greg Abbott’s emergency…

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