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Texas legal battles over redistricting swell

What a second special session could mean for Texas redistricting, flood relief

If a quorum is not met in the Texas House on Friday, Gov. Greg Abbott and House Speaker Dustin Burrows have confirmed they plan to call another session immediately. Political expertssaid

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Texas Dems to return after Abbott ends session that included redistricting: Sources

T exas House Democrats who left the state to prevent a vote on new congressional maps will return to Texas, feeling they have accomplished their mission of killing the first special session, raising awareness and sparking national backlash about the mid-decade redistricting, multiple sources confirmed to ABC station KTRK and ABC News on Tuesday.

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Texas legal battles over redistricting swell; second special session set

"If we still do not have a quorum on Friday, the House and the Senate will sine die this session, and the Governor will immediately issue a proclamation for a 2nd called special session," Texas Speaker of the House Dustin Burrows said. "We will gavel in for the 2nd session Friday and reestablish the call of the House."

Bills to fund sirens, disaster relief will die Friday as the Texas special session ends. What's next?

The Texas Legislature's first special session is set to end without the passage of key funding bills. How can those bills ...

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Texas’ second special session is coming sooner than expected. Here’s why that matters

House Democrats seem set on remaining out of state as long as it takes to block a new Republican-backed congressional map.

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Abbott vows to immediately call Texas lawmakers back to work if special session ends without new maps

The leaders of both chambers said they would adjourn for the session Friday if Democrats do not return, while the governor ...

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Texas House Democrats lay out conditions to end quorum break, return to state for second special session

Democrats say they'll return to Austin if this current special session ends and if California moves forward with redistricting to balance out what Texas does..

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Lawmakers will start with a clean slate if Democrats fail to return Friday, governor calls for second special session

As Texas House Democrats remain out of the state to block a controversial redistricting bill, Governor Greg Abbott has ...

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Governor Abbott Vows Continual Special Sessions to Break Texas Legislative Stalemate

Texas Governor Abbott vows to call additional special sessions if necessary to pass the state's agenda, after Democrats left ...

Discussing the Texas special session, Disaster Preparedness funding, and much more

On this edition of "Texas Live and Local", Political Reporter Greg Groogan gives his take on the first Texas special session.

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Texas Republicans plan another special session to deliver President Donald Trump more GOP congressional seats

Texas Republican leaders said Tuesday that they were prepared to end their stalemated special session and immediately begin ...

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