On Nov. 5, Dallas voters approved Proposition R, a charter amendment that limits the police department from arresting people ...

JD Vance criticized California’s map, noting Republicans held only 17% of congressional seats despite regularly winning 40% ...

A Trump endorsement could heavily influence the GOP primary in Texas, but so far, the president has remained neutral in John ...

Back in 2002, Republicans gained control of the Texas Legislature for the first time in 130 years. The next year party ...

A similar proposal stalled out earlier this year over disagreements between the House and Senate. This time, lawmakers might ...

Texas Democrats are again flirting with the idea of fleeing the state to stop Republicans from getting their way. This time, ...

After twice being rebuffed by Acting Ulster County Clerk Taylor Bruck, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has continued his effort to enforce a Texas district court’s summary judgment in New York. He ...

More than a dozen Republican-led states are urging Congress to ban abortion shield laws, pieces of legislation passed in ...

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Texas has not banned abortion pills entirely, and the Supreme Court has previously upheld access to those medications when ...

Texas Democrats are looking to break quorum to prevent a GOP redistricting plan, facing $500 daily fines and threats from the ...

Mendi Tackett, an outspoken Tarrant County Democrat, called mid-decade redistricting a “blatant, racist powergrab” while addressing the panel of lawmakers.