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For lovers of presidential architecture, Texas oil boom history, or simply anyone looking for a mansion that stops traffic—3100 Hamilton Boulevard is more than a home. It's a monument. The 10,090-square-foot limestone estate,
On Saturday, about 5,000 people gathered at the Capitol in Austin to protest President Donald Trump and the Texas Legislature’s plan to redraw the state’s congressional districts to give Republicans more seats in the U.
Texas Republicans tried again to reconvene the House on Monday for a vote on redrawing congressional maps in their party's favor, an effort that already sparked a national political brawl and prompted Democratic lawmakers to leave the state to deny Republicans the quorum they need.
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Texas House Speaker vows runaway Dems will be arrested if they try to sneak home over weekend
Congressional redistricting battle intensifies as California vows to counter Texas GOP maps while Democratic lawmakers end their walkout protest.
Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows is warning that any absent lawmakers found this weekend will be arrested and brought back to Austin for the start of the seco
Exiled Texas State Democratic legislators, who fled to Illinois to block gerrymandering, visited a mosque with a Skokie official.
House Speaker Dustin Burrows announces that a quorum wasn't reached in the House Saturday, another day without a quorum.
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Texas Democrats set plan to end nearly 2-week walkout over Republicans’ redraw of US House maps
Texas Democrats have moved closer to ending a nearly two-week walkout that has blocked the GOP's redrawing of U.S. House maps before the 2026 election.
House Speaker Dustin Burrows has given quorum-breaking Texas Democrats an ultimatum: come back to Texas or the special session ends—and with it, efforts to ban THC and handle flood response die.