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Texas lawmakers return home

POLITICO on MSN · 23h

Texas Dems return from Illinois, face police oversight after walkout

Texas Democrats who spent two weeks in Illinois to block GOP redistricting plans are back home — but under police surveillance. Lawmakers were forced to sign pledges to attend Wednesday’s session, each assigned a state trooper to monitor them.

Chicago Tribune · 1d

Texas lawmakers return home after walking out of legislature and spending two weeks in Illinois to prevent GOP remap

The Democratic lawmakers have been in Illinois since Aug. 3 to avoid a vote on the remap during a special legislative session called by Texas GOP.

NPR Illinois · 1d

Texas Democrats in Illinois end two-week walkout, return to the Lone Star state

The departure marked the end of a nationally-watched standoff between the lawmakers and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, who pushed the remap plan at President Donald Trump’s urging in a bid to add five more Republican seats in the U.

Texas, GOP and Gerrymandered Map

UPI on MSN · 7h

Texas redistricting sets course for partisan arms race

Texas Republicans are near passing a new congressional map, sparking a response from California and igniting a new battle between Republicans and Democrats.

The Boston Globe · 2h

Both parties expect a GOP map in Texas to clear a big hurdle in a national fight over redistricting

The Republican-controlled Texas House of Representatives on Wednesday kicked off a heated debate over a new congressional map creating five new potential GOP seats that is expected to pass the chamber later in the day as part of a growing national redistricting battle.

Time on MSN · 2h

Texas GOP Set to Pass Gerrymandered Map Despite Protests

Texas Republicans are likely to pass their redistricting plans on Wednesday following weeks of Democrat protests

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Amid Texas remap battle, bipartisan effort begins in Illinois to reform redistricting

A bid to establish a ballot initiative in 2026 to reform the redistricting process for Illinois state legislative map-making ...

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Texas House Democrats planning their departure from Illinois and back to Austin

Texas Democrats who fled to Illinois to block a GOP-led congressional redistricting plan said they would return after ...

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Texas Rangers 1B Jake Burger to hit IL, just as he was heating up

Even when a hitter gets hot, he can’t help the club. First baseman Jake Burger, who had a 1.097 OPS in August, was placed on ...

Illinois State Police arrest Texas man with 40 pounds of cocaine on I-57

The Illinois State Police, in collaboration with the Kankakee Area Metropolitan Enforcement Group, arrested 63-year-old ...

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Illinois judge rejects Texas' request to enforce arrest warrants in map row

A federal judge in Illinois has rejected Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's request to enforce arrest warrants for Democrats ...

The Texas Tribune9d

Paxton, Burrows ask Illinois court to enforce Texas arrest warrants against Democrats who left the state

The attorney general is calling on the “full faith and credit” clause of the U.S. Constitution, which says states should ...

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Texas woman charged with trying to kidnap children from Aurora, Illinois, bring them to their father in Mexico

Cindy Sanchez, 47, of Fort Worth, Texas, was arrested and charged with two counts of kidnapping two counts of child abduction ...

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Texas Rep. James Talarico delivers South Side sermon as gerrymandering battle heightens profiles

Texas state Rep. James Talarico received almost a familiar welcome as he delivered a rare politician-led sermon to the ...

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