Texas Democrats

A former public school teacher, Talarico has emerged as one of Texas Democrats' strongest communicators. He joins Colin Allred and Terry Virts in the primary.

Texas cities and counties have already had their budgets compressed by a variety of factors, including the state's current property tax limits.

As Texas Republicans and California Democrats redraw U.S. House districts to their advantage ahead of next year's elections, they're potentially disrupting a rare partisan balance in American politics.

Paxton accused Beto O'Rourke's group of improperly funding the quorum break by Texas House Democrats.

The state isn't providing schools with guidance and advocates say students who still qualify for lower rates are being asked to pay thousands more.

Texas' Republican-led legislature is expected to approve new congressional maps that add five new House seats that the GOP could win. The extraordinary move expected Wednesday comes at President Donald Trump's urging.

After two weeks out of state, Democratic lawmakers returned to Austin, paving the way for Republicans to pass their proposed congressional map.

Participants on the press event also criticized the recent redistricting legislation. State lawmakers said that should not be the priority over the flood relief.

It's been more than a week since Democrats fled the state to block a Republican-backed redistricting map.

Paxton sued O'Rourke and his political group, Powered by People, last week, arguing that the group was deceptively fundraising for and illegally supporting Texas Democrats' walkout.