There's no map to review and no bill to discuss but a July 7 letter from the DOJ to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott suggests that ...

Three state senators are running to replace Attorney General Ken Paxton in 2026. They will consider a bill letting the office ...

When it comes to government, there are few things more unattractive than nakedly partisan power politics, as reflected by a ...

Budget - SB 2510 (Welch/Sims) created the fiscal year (FY) 2026 budget appropriation bill. The budget is based on ...

As Texas, under pressure from President Trump, considers redrawing congressional lines to boost GOP numbers in Congress, ...

Former Chicago Ald. Howard Brookins (21st) was a late entry Thursday in the field of candidates seeking the Cook County ...

The “presidential lean” of a state can, over time, help us quantify its political trajectory.— Much of the Heartland and Midwest has come to lean more to the GOP over the past two decades, though the ...

A rare Texas redistricting effort is underway. What happens in the Lone Star State could have implications on the national ...

The 10 states at the bottom were Tennessee, Texas, Indiana, Louisiana, Utah, Georgia, Alabama, Arkansas, Oklahoma and ...

U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, a Texas Democrat who represents a slice of the Rio Grande Valley along the border with Mexico, ...

An opponent of the Mount Hope Cemetery solar farm has sent a 36-page legal memorandum to the mayor and other Belleville ...

President Trump pushing Texas Republicans to squeeze more seats out of the Lone Star State has led to the possibility of other states on both sides trying to draw new maps.— California stands out as a ...