If mid-cycle redistricting becomes a national, tit-for-tat strategy with both parties engaging in extreme gerrymandering, Republicans may ultimately stand to lose more seats than they will gain. For ...

Today is the day Texas state House Speaker Dustin Burrows set as a deadline for Democrats who fled the state to return to the chamber and help establish quorum. Follow for live updates.

Cries for help came from the pitch-black woods, from rooftops and from attics that shifted unsteadily as the water rose.

Baker Mayfield got in the middle of a scuffle and injured All-Pro tackle Tristan Wirfs went onto the field on a crutch to join his teammates.

The redrawn map shifts voters in Austin, Houston, North Texas and the Rio Grande Valley in hopes of creating five more Republican seats in the U.S. House.

Read more Earlier this week, dozens of Texas House Democrats left the state in an attempt to block the passage of a congressional redistricting map that would revamp district lines and add five ...

Abbott and other Republicans in response threatened Democrats who left with arrests, fines and even removal from office.

Texas House Democrats have been trying to widen the message of their decision to break quorum at the Legislature and halt ...

Austin-based American Ventures LLC is negotiating with the city of San Marcos for incentives that would help build a 100-acre ...

Many partisan excesses can be curtailed only by the courts, especially when voting issues are at hand. Texas has a long history of judges overturning voting rules and district maps, especially when ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. ― The horse-drawn tour carriage rounded Oglethorpe Square late on a sweltering June morning as City Manager Jay Melder crafted a memo about the National Weather Service’s first ...