Texas election bill seeks to retain limits on same-day registration changes
| August 26, 2025
abbott | ballot | CIVIC ENGAGEMENT | Community | CULTURE | elections | greg abbott | lawmakers | laws | LIFESTYLE | Local news | state legislature | TEXAS | TEXAS LEGISLATURE | voting | VOTING IN TEXAS | Voting Info
Under legislation pushed by Gov. Greg Abbott, voters could update their address at the polls, but they couldn’t immediately cast a ballot based on the new one.
WATCH: Nicole Collier: ‘I don’t want my people to lose their voice in Congress’
| August 22, 2025
DFW | EXCO-Player | local politics | old texas | redistricting | Republicans | state legislature | TEXAS | TEXAS HOUSE
Watch as state Rep. Nicole Collier (D-Fort Worth) shares what’s at stake for Texans, and democracy, if the GOP’s redistricting plan passes. It disenfranchises Black and brown voters and flips five US House seats currently held by Democrats to Republicans.
WATCH: Texas Republican leaders failed us, North Texas lawmaker says
| August 22, 2025
DFW | EXCO-Player | local politics | old texas | redistricting | state legislature | TEXAS | TEXAS HOUSE
Republican lawmakers have “lost track” of their job, according to state Rep. Nicole Collier (D-Fort Worth), after putting a vote on redistricting before a vote on flood relief and emergency preparedness legislation.
OPINION: Texas voters should decide who gets elected to Congress, not anti-democratic state laws
| August 14, 2025
Its slash-and-burn cuts to Medicaid, senseless restrictions on food assistance programs, and permanent tax breaks for the wealthy are, surprisingly, not the only source of my anger. As a 40-year resident of Houston, I’m more enraged that our district’s needs and demands were cut from the conversation.
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.