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Texas, THC and flood

CBS News on MSN · 2d

Texas special session week 1: THC, redistricting, flood response

Lawmakers held hearings in Austin on some of the highest-profile items on the agenda, including flood response, redistricting and regulating THC.

KERA News · 2h

State lawmakers prepared to battle it out over redistricting, THC this special session

Blaise Gainey, who covers the statehouse for The Texas Newsroom, said Democratic lawmakers are considering taking steps to prevent the controversial redistricting plan from getting through the Legislature.

Houston Chronicle on MSN · 1d

Texas lawmakers head to flood-ravaged Kerrville this week for special session

A hearing was set to take place this week in Kerrville, where local residents should have a chance to testify before state lawmakers.

GOP, Texas and Democrats

The Baltimore Sun · 30m

Texas Democrats create $20 million super PAC to combat GOP redistricting effort

Calls to redraw district lines in Texas have come from President Donald Trump, who is hoping that by redrawing lines in Texas the Republican Party will be able to pick up five seats in the House

The Texas Tribune on MSN · 3h

Texas House Democrats are fundraising to potentially leave the state to block GOP-backed redistricting

The money could be used to cover the $500-a-day fines lawmakers would incur under House rules set to discourage members from absconding after Democrats fled the state in 2021.

Straight Arrow News (English) o… · 15h

Democrats to spend $20M, deploy 30k volunteers against Texas redistricting

Democrats are going to spend $20 million and deploy 30,000 volunteers to counter the Texas Legislature's effort to redraw the state's congressional districts. President Trump hopes the mid-decade redistricting will help Republicans gain five new seats in the House of Representatives during the 2026 midterm elections.

FOX 26 Houston on MSN7h

Special session offers Texas small businesses opportunity for potential disaster assistance

The Texas Legislature special session will focus, in part, on recovery efforts from the Hill Country floods. Some of the ...

2don MSN

Ongoing special session highlights divisions among Texas' anti-abortion groups after Roe v. Wade

Texas' anti-abortion groups hold differing legislative priorities as the movement continues developing in a post-Roe world.

4dOpinion

Texas GOP won’t say it, but climate change is on special session agenda | Editorial

Here is the central issue as the Texas Legislature deliberates: Republican lawmakers, so loath to utter the words “climate ...

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Texas Panhandle faces shifting future under new state and federal laws

The Texas Panhandle is at a pivotal crossroads as new state laws and federal policy shifts begin to reshape rural life. The ...

23h

Texas again trying to restrict the bathrooms transgender people can use

The bills would carry a $5,000 fine for a first-time violation. Momentum for such restrictions has increased in the state and ...

3dOpinion

Lawmakers, healing starts with pointing fingers after Texas flood failures | Opinion

During the Texas Legislature's special legislative session hearing on Hill Country floods on Wednesday, July 23, 2025, state ...

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Texas lawmakers take aim at contract lobbyists hired by local governments

Lawmakers against the practice don’t want local governments to "subsidize speech" voters disagree with. Opponents say it is ...

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All eyes are on Texas as new THC ban looms, and hemp backers aren't thrilled

Hemp backers are sounding off after a newly filed bill to ban THC in Texas has made its way out of committee and will head to ...

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