Texas Politics

Republican Gov. Rick Perry will call the Legislature into special session April 17 to deal with a court mandate to find a new funding formula for public schools by summer, a state government source told The Associated Press Thursday.

The Texas Republican Party has failed to file a state disclosure report on its activity in a recent special House election, a possible violation of state law and the party's agreement with a Travis County prosecutor.

Last night, voters across the state rejected the failed policies of the Republican Party.

Veteran state Rep. Kent Grusendorf, architect of House Republicans' repeatedly failed efforts to fix Texas' flawed school-finance system, was defeated Tuesday night in the biggest statement of a primary season dominated by education issues.

But Rep. Tom DeLay won't be in Sugar Land on Tuesday night. He'll be in Washington to watch results from his first seriously contested race in two decades.

I want to commend Katy Hubener on running an excellent race in the special election for House District 106.

The Supreme Court should overturn the Texas precedent.

When the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments today about congressional districts drawn up by the Legislature in 2003, it will consider whether an inherently political process may have become too political in Texas and disenfranchised voters.

Bush appointee overruled Justice Department lawyers who thought redrawn Texas districts violated voting rights.

On Wednesday, the high court will consider the validity of the state's bitterly contested 2003 congressional districts map

It looks like a ho-hum political year in most parts of Texas, with Republican incumbents favored to hold the governorship, a Senate seat and most U.S. House seats. But the Supreme Court could change all that.

The Democratic attorneys challenging Texas' congressional districts filed a reply brief with the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday, one week before arguments are set to begin in the high-stakes case.