Texas Legislature

Before they’re even signed into law, the state’s new maps for congressional and statehouse districts have been challenged in federal court by the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund.

A legal battle in the U.S. Supreme Court ended the Texas redistricting scheme of massive mulit-member districts to dilute voting strength of Black and Latino communities.

Members considered more than 50 amendments to the proposed map during debate that began Tuesday and ended early Wednesday.

U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi announced the House will take up the Women's Health Protection Act of 2021 in late September, but the bill faces steep odds in the Senate.

A new study finds women who sought but were denied access to abortion experienced higher rates of poverty than women who were able to obtain care.

On top of redistricting, Abbott wants lawmakers to take up bills on restrictions for transgender student athletes and the allocation of billions of dollars in federal COVID-19 relief funds.

As of this writing, there are four lawsuits in federal court and one in state court.

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said Monday that the Justice Department will protect people trying to obtain or provide abortions in Texas, in the wake of the state's new restrictive abortion law.

Texas’ new near-total abortion ban, one of the most restrictive in the nation, punctuated a week that brought into stunning relief just how far the state’s political pendulum has swung to the right since the 2020 election.

House Bill 20’s primary Senate sponsor argued that social media platforms are the modern equivalent of “common carriers” and should be treated as such in terms of protecting freedom of speech.