Redistricting attracts a spate of GOP candidates
Redrawing the state’s congressional maps, though being challenged in court, has drawn 114 Republican candidates in the state’s 38 districts with nearly two months left until the filing deadline, the Houston Chronicle reported.
In-state tuition guidance creating confusion
Redistricting bill sent to Abbott; lawsuit challenges it
Redistricting bill heads to Abbott’s desk
Both the Texas House and Senate have passed a mid-decade redistricting bill that positions the GOP to pick up five additional congressional seats next year. Passage came after House Democrats ended their quorum-breaking walkout while still vowing to pursue legal challenges.
GOP legislators unveil redistricting map as Dems flee
Texas Democrats left the state Sunday in hopes of derailing a mid-decade redistricting plan, The Dallas Morning News reported.
State Rep. Gene Wu, D-Houston, announced the Democrats had left the state to break the quorum and stymie a vote in that chamber.
Kerr County death toll now at 108; two still missing
The number of people still missing in the July 4 Kerr County flood dropped to two after another body was recovered last week, the Austin American-Statesman reported.
The two still missing are a child and an adult who were at Camp Mystic, where at least 27 campers and counselors died.
