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‘Texas law forced me to choose: Watch my baby die or flee my home for medical help’
| August 7, 2025
With two devastating diagnoses and zero choices to end the suffering, an eighth generation Texan had to leave the state to get the care she needed.
WATCH: Texas House Speaker signs arrest warrants for Democrats who left
| August 7, 2025
Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows signed arrest warrants for dozens of Democrats on Monday, pledging to use state law enforcement officers to bring the lawmakers back to the State Capitol.
‘I did it for democracy—and I did it with my son’: The human cost behind Texas Democrats’ walkout
| August 7, 2025
In an effort to block Republican redistricting plans, more than 50 Texas House Democrats fled the state this week—a bold political act that comes with personal consequences.
WATCH: Jasmine Crockett calls on Texans to support ‘hero’ Democrats fighting GOP gerrymandering
| August 7, 2025
As Gov. Greg Abbott called for arresting Democratic state lawmakers and removing them from office, US Rep. Jasmine Crockett said they are "heroes" who need the public's support.
WATCH: Abbott threatened House Democrats who left the state. This North Texan is fighting back.
| August 7, 2025
Rep. Linda Garcia (D-Mesquite) has a response to Gov. Greg Abbott’s threats: She did not take on her position to appease the governor.
WATCH: Houston lawmaker on the cost of leaving Texas to block GOP redistricting plan
| August 7, 2025
State Rep. Ron Reynolds (D-Missouri City) is among over 50 Democratic lawmakers facing arrest warrants for leaving the state.
WATCH: Texas Democrats evacuated after bomb threat in Chicago amid redistricting standoff
| August 7, 2025
Texas Democrats staying in Chicago were evacuated from their hotel after a bomb threat Wednesday.
North Texas Democrats leave state to block Trump redistricting plan
| August 6, 2025
North Texas House Democrats left the state on Sunday to block a vote over the GOP’s new gerrymandered maps for US House districts in the state.
Texans who rely on safety net programs encouraged to prepare for cuts
| August 5, 2025
Affordability | Community | Donald Trump | ECONOMY | EQUALITY | funding | HEALTH | HEALTHCARE | Local news | national politics | Republicans | texans | TEXAS
Nonprofit organizations across Texas serving disadvantaged and low-income groups are restructuring after the Trump administration's budget reconciliation bill was signed into law.
Texas Republicans unveil new congressional maps targeting 5 Democratic US House seats
| July 30, 2025
2026 Election | DFW | HTX | redistricting | TEXAS | Texas Lead Story | TEXAS LEGISLATURE | TEXAS POLITICS
Texas Republicans proposed new maps for US House seats in the state, targeting five Democratic districts in Austin, Dallas, Houston, and South Texas.
A power grab in plain sight: Inside Texas Republicans’ mid-decade redistricting push
| July 30, 2025
Gerrymandering | redistricting | Republicans | TEXAS | TEXAS HOUSE | TEXAS POLITICS | voting | VOTING IN TEXAS
Texas Republicans are backing a mid-decade redistricting campaign to secure GOP control of Congress, a move that Democrats and civil rights activists call a partisan power grab driven by Donald Trump.
North Texans fight back against ‘racist’ redistricting
| July 29, 2025
Hundreds of people testified against the redrawing of congressional maps during a hearing at the University of Texas at Arlington on Monday.