AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Republicans on Wednesday took the first step toward approving new congressional maps that would give their party as many as five new seats in the House of Representatives, ...

U.S. Rep. Al Green, D-Houston, walks to a congressional redistricting meeting at the University of Houston campus in Houston, Texas, on July 26, 2025. Credit: Danielle Villasana for The Texas Tribune ...

AUSTIN, Texas -- Texas Republicans on Wednesday took the first step toward approving new congressional maps that would give their party as many as five new seats in the House of Representatives, ...

WASHINGTON — Before he called lawmakers back to Austin to redraw Texas’ congressional maps, Gov. Greg Abbott was initially resistant to the plan pushed by President Donald Trump’s political team to ...

Civil rights advocates on Tuesday filed a lawsuit to overturn a redistricting map expected to favor Republicans in the 2026 midterm elections, saying it weakens the electoral influence of Black voters ...

"Texas House Republicans unveil new congressional map that looks to pick up five GOP seats" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization. Texas GOP lawmakers ...

Over the weekend, Texas politicos went crazy over a map after they got the first glimpse at what our newly chopped-and-screwed congressional districts could look like. But while the map isn't pretty, ...

On Wednesday, the legal fight over the newly approved congressional maps in Texas will shift from the Capitol to a federal courtroom in El Paso. That's when federal judges will consider a lawsuit by a ...