The gambit has triggered a national redistricting war, with governors of both parties threatening to initiate similar efforts in other states.

Abbott introduced three new items for Special Session #2, including one that would vacate the seats of members who leave the state for a week during a legislative session.

The awkward moment happened just hours before the redistricting plan passed the Texas State House and was praised by Donald Trump.

Texas' Republican-led legislature is expected to approve new congressional maps that add five new House seats that the GOP ...

The potential court challenge would argue HB 4 amounts to unconstitutional gerrymandering, silencing minority and Democratic ...

A Texas House Democrat was confined in the Capitol overnight after she refused a police escort that Republican leaders imposed on lawmakers who participated in a two-week walkout over a GOP mid-decade ...

The Capitol grounds were cleared after 7 p.m. as a demonstration against a GOP redistricting plan was about to begin. Texas ...

Abbott's push for the new legislation comes just weeks after Texas Democrats left the state for Chicago, Boston, and Albany, ...

After House Democrats absconded for more than two weeks in opposition to a Congressional redistricting bill, the Texas House ...

Follow here for the latest updates as the Texas House debates President Donald Trump's plan to gerrymander five new GOP ...

Texas Rep. Nicole Collier agreed to return to the state after fleeing to delay a vote on GOP gerrymandering, but declined to sign anything—and so, Republicans locked her in the Capitol.