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TEXAS - Texas Governor Greg Abbott has signed a new law that puts new hurdles on postal ballots and empowers partisan election observers.Abbott signed Senate Act No. 1 in Tyler Tuesday, calling it "Texas's Electoral Integrity Act." The…

A group of Texan lawmakers tabled a bill on Friday banning public colleges and universities in Texas from switching affiliation to college sports conferences without legislature approval.The move is in response to reports that the…

"If you think you win today," State Representative Senfronia Thompson, a longtime Democrat from Houston, told her Republican counterparts on Friday, "then you will reap what you sow."The Republicans' response was essentially that it was…

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas Republicans rolled out new election restrictions Thursday evening after months of Democratic protests that, having returned from a 38-day strike, now have almost no way of stopping a law that includes a…

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas Republicans urged a third attempt Thursday to pass new election restrictions after Democrats returned from a 38-day strike and were now barely able to prevent the law from Reaching Governor Greg Abbott.A nearly…

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The Texas Republicans brought their voting bill back on Monday with no changes as some Democrats returned to the Capitol for the first time since their opposition ended, making it clear that the bill is after their…

Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to date on the most important news from Texas. As the final week of the special legislature began, the partisan stalemate over the priority…

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A Texas state senator continued her filibuster Thursday morning with an electoral law in the latest tactic to prolong the nation's most visible stalemate over voting rights. Democrat Carol Alvarado started…

AUSTIN, TX - Rep. Steve Toth (R-The Woodlands) announced updated legislation to review the recent Texas statewide election. Rep. Toth's newly minted HB 26 builds on his suggestion to conduct a forensic review of electronic and…

House Speaker Dade Phelan will allow the House to enter the session on August 7, 2021. The Texas Democrats blocked a quorum in the House of Representatives for the third time this year on Saturday as the legislature began its…