State lawmakers in Austin began the process of redrawing Texas’ congressional map. It comes after President Donald J.

Texas lawmakers are in a special session to redraw the state's congressional map. While the redistricting effort is focused ...

President Trump has said he wants a "simple redrawing" of Texas' congressional map where Republicans pick up five seats.

President Donald Trump wants Texas to squeeze out five more Republican seats in the U.S. House to shore up the GOP majority ...

The Texas GOP knows the risk. In the 2010s, the Republican-controlled Legislature drew political lines that helped pad the ...

The redistricting hearing is expected to be heated following what critics, particularly Democrats, have called “a partisan ...

Rio Grande Valley Also sometimes known as the RGV, El Valle, or the 956 (the area code that serves most of the region), the Rio Grande Valley is more of a perceived region than it is any kind of ...

The Rio Grande Valley Sugar Growers’ sugar mill in Santa Rosa. Two years of drought and a dwindling water supply forced Texas’ last sugar mill to close after more than 50 years of operation ...

The Rio Grande Valley already grapples with climatic challenges. Each summer brings a growing number of triple-digit days. Sea level rise and beach erosion claim a bit more coastline every year.

Today, less than 10 percent of the forest that formerly blanketed the Rio Grande Valley still stands. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has restored 16,000 acres since the 1980s in a bid to ...