In response to Texas Democrats blocking the quorum needed for redistricting, Texas Governor Greg Abbott, House Speaker Dustin Burrows, and Attorney General Ken Paxton are turning up the heat—threatening legal action and seeking federal help to bring the lawmakers back.

Chair Rep. Gene Wu and his colleagues reassure their supporters: "We are safe, we are secure, and we are undeterred."

Texas Republicans are poised to redraw the state’s congressional map during a special session that starts Monday.

Students whose parents do not have Social Security numbers have been blocked from completing the federal financial aid form.

While the GOP focuses on the border and economy under President Joe Biden, Democrats are hoping to prove polls and political forecasters wrong by tapping into anger over the overturning of Roe v. Wade and the Uvalde school shooting.

The list of the Texas Future Project’s beneficiaries includes groups like Annie’s List and Planned Parenthood Texas Votes, which work to elect more Democratic women who support abortion rights.

In spite of strong support among Texas GOP leaders, nearly all Texas House Republicans voted against the bill intended to boost the state’s semiconductor industry.

Texas has been using coronavirus relief money to help pay for the multibillion-dollar deployment.

A huge social and environmental policy bill passed by House Democrats includes a plan to impose a fee on emissions of methane.

Three of the Democratic legislators who went to Washington, D.C., to deny the Texas House a quorum have been invited to detail their concerns at a specially called hearing on the contentious legislation that includes new restrictions on voting.

On Wednesday, a State Representative from San Antonio, Philip Cortez, spoke out about why he decided to return to Texas after heading to Washington D.C. with a group of Democrats protesting the passage of House Bill 3.

Some Texas Democrats say they're ready to stage a second walkout to again stop one of America’s most restrictive voting measures.

In the vote for House speaker, 216 Democrats backed Pelosi, while 209 Republicans voted for House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy. While there were a handful of Democrats who cast symbolic votes that were not for Pelosi or voted "present," all Texas Democrats backed Pelosi and all Texas Republicans voted for McCarthy. Trump administration officials say over 100 House Republicans will contest the presidential election results on Wednesday, when Congress is scheduled to officially certify Biden's Electoral College victory. One of the most even-tempered Democrats in Congress delivered the starkest criticism of Gohmert: U.S. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer. Sessions is a former chairman of the House Rules Committee and of the House GOP campaign arm.

And a question that often elicits eyerolls is now a point of serious debate: Can Democrats flip Texas? "We have been through hell and back in the past decade, but all the while focused on building the infrastructure at the Texas Democratic Party necessary to meet this very moment," said Manny Garcia, the executive director of the Texas Democratic Party. Some Democratic candidates are able to spend heavily on TV ads and own get-out-the-vote campaigns. U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, who's running for re-election against Democrat MJ Hegar, rang the alarm early about Democrats' Texas efforts ahead of 2020. Cornyn’s bid for a fourth term remains the central source of confidence among most Texas Republicans.

Eddie Gaspar/The Texas TribuneJohn Cornyn had an important message for Texas Republicans. "I'll be blunt because I know I'm among friends here," the U.S. senator told delegates to the virtual state GOP convention last weekend. By contrast, things have generally gone the right way for Texas Democrats in recent months. "This is a real race," U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz said during his speech at the state GOP convention. On top of everything else, Texas Republicans are having to adjust to a sudden change in leadership at their state party.