Among a stack of “orphaned” papers, I found an old map of Texas. “Orphans” are those papers or artifacts that either were ...

Washington — The Supreme Court on Thursday restored for now Texas' newly redrawn congressional map that could give Republicans five additional House seats, after a lower court found that some of the ...

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Rep. Mike Schofield, R-Katy, reads an article while a map of Texas sits on his laptop at his desk on the Texas House floor on Wednesday, August 20, 2025. The Texas House passed its proposed ...

A map of the proposed changes to Texas congressional districts sits on a Texas House members desk on Aug. 20, 2025. (Kaylee Greenlee For The Texas Tribune, Kaylee Greenlee For The Texas Tribune) Sign ...

I represent the people of El Paso, Texas in the state legislature, a west Texas district that is a 14-hour drive away from the Louisiana border. Yet, data from the Texas Legislative Council indicates ...