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Texas Democrats visiting California and Illinois as redistricting fight continues

With little say in the ongoing debate over redrawing congressional districts in their home state, Texas Democratic state legislators are looking beyond their borders for help.

The New York Times · 1h

Texas Democrats to Confer With California and Illinois Governors on Redistricting

Two groups of Democrats left Texas to confer with Govs. Gavin Newsom and JB Pritzker, who have suggested their Democratic-controlled states could counter a Texas Republican gerrymander.

Houston Chronicle on MSN · 4h

Democrat Beto O'Rourke tries to take the Texas redistricting fight national

Over the last 30 days, he's held 10 rallies from Texas to the East Coast and has another planned on Friday night in Austin. Why?

Texas, flash flood and State Officials

Reuters · 5h

Sustainable Switch: Devastating Texas floods

Deadly downpours hit Texas, United States with a death toll from the catastrophic floods reaching at least 96 people.

Politico · 16h

Officials pass on pointing fingers after Texas floods

The deadly July 4 flash floods in Texas have prompted a lot of questions and soul-searching: about the failures of early-warning systems, the Trump administration’s cuts to the National Weather Service and disaster programs and the vulnerability of communities around the country to disasters worsened by climate change.

The New York Times · 1d

At Texas Flooding Hearing, State Officials Look Elsewhere for Blame

At several points during the hearing, the state emergency management chief directed attention to the role of local emergency managers in disaster response.

Mid-decade congressional redistricting in Texas

Fort Worth Star-Telegram on MSN · 9h

Mid-decade congressional redistricting in Texas: What to know and how it works

Currently, 12 of Texas’ 38 congressional districts are represented by Democrats, including two that cover part of Tarrant County: U.S. House District 33 represented by Marc Veasey of Fort Worth and U.S. House District 30 represented by Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Dallas. (Crockett’s district covers just a sliver of Tarrant County’s eastern edge .)

USA Today · 1d

How to get involved as Texas lawmakers redraw congressional districts

El Pasoans can testify in upcoming Texas redistricting hearings that may reshape District 16. Online comments and virtual testimony are open now.

KHOU-TV Houston on MSN · 16h

Texas lawmakers hear public testimony on congressional redistricting plans

Texas lawmakers heard public testimony about plans to redraw the state's congressional districts. Governor Abbott added redistricting to the special session.

FEMA's director defends the response to Texas flooding

KHOU · 12h

What FEMA’s acting chief said about missed calls after Texas flooding

WASHINGTON D.C., DC — After the devastating Fourth of July flooding in Kerr County that claimed the lives of 137 people, FEMA is under intense scrutiny from members of Congress over its response to the disaster, including claims that thousands of calls from survivors went unanswered in the critical days that followed.

U.S. News & World Report · 1d

FEMA Chief Rejects Criticism, Calls Texas Floods Response 'A Model' for Dealing With Disaster

The acting administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency is pushing back on criticisms of the federal response to the central Texas floods that killed at least 136 people

The New York Times · 1d

FEMA’s director defends the response to Texas flooding during a hearing with lawmakers.

Under questioning from Democrats on the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Mr. Richardson said FEMA’s response to the Texas floods represented a “model” for “how disasters should be handled.

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Texas man convicted of murder after selling fentanyl to disabled Army veteran

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Texas — A man will spend 50 years behind bars after he sold the fentanyl to a disabled U.S. Army veteran, ...

6hon MSN

Texas plan to redraw maps could protect GOP House majority

The legislature is meeting in special session to draft plans that could give the party five more seats in Congress.

20hon MSN

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Senate hopeful, claimed 3 homes as his primary residence

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and his wife, Angela, are longtime owners of a $1.5 million home in a Dallas suburb. In ...

Texas again trying to restrict the bathrooms transgender people can use

The bills would carry a $5,000 fine for a first-time violation and comes as momentum for such restrictions has increased in ...

48mon MSN

Chance of triple-digit weather drops for Friday in North Texas before steamy weekend

Despite an increased likelihood of evading triple digits, the end of the week has still been noticeably hotter than the start ...

40mon MSN

Struggling Texas cotton industry emphasizing the hazards of fast fashion

A group representing High Plains region farmers has launched a campaign to make buyers aware of synthetic fibers’ impact on ...

40mon MSN

Tropical system in Gulf could bring heavy rain to Texas coast. NWS map shows where

A stretch of the Gulf Coast from Florida to the central Texas coast could see heavy rain this weekend due to a tropical ...

2hon MSN

Houston, all of Southeast Texas, under flood risk as Gulf tropical disturbance arrives

The Weather Prediction Center has placed all of Southeast Texas under a level 1 of 4 risk, or at least a 5% chance, of ...

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