Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As the 2026 midterm elections loom, the future of Texas politics and minority voting rights hangs in the hands of three judges as ...

A three-judge panel began presiding over a nine-day trial on whether Texas can use its newly redrawn congressional map for the upcoming 2026 elections at the Albert Armendariz Sr. U.S. Courthouse in ...

A raft of new state laws will take effect Thursday, Jan. 1. One of the most significant is Senate Bill 38, a measure that supporters say will make it easier to remove squatters from homes and ...

Some of the constitutional amendments on the Nov. 4 ballot are head scratchers - and not just because voters need to think about how they want to cast their ballots. From jargon-laced proposals about ...

This summer, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed two bills that could streamline the process of removing unwanted individuals from a person's home, also known as squatters. Data on the scope of squatting is ...

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GOP lawmakers in the Texas House of Representatives and Senate have gone all in on enacting a new congressional districts map that was drawn to give their party a better chance at gaining five ...

AMARILLO, Texas (KAMR/KCIT) — Texas House District 87 Representative Caroline Fairly sat down with KAMR Local 4 News reporter Princess Bryant to talk about the aftermath of the Texas primaries, the ...

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