Texas Politics

If the Supreme Court throws out the current Texas congressional map, the state could revert to lines used in 2002. But so much has happened since then that the mere thought gives heartburn to GOP strategists and politicians.

Groups listed as beneficiaries of more than $330,000 in gifts say they never got them

Texas cases give high court chance to set limits on redistricting

House members ask Congress to clear up Medicare confusion before May 15 deadline

Decision to take case is hailed by lawyers for minorities and Democrats, who call redistricting illegal.

Ana Hernandez, the 27-year-old attorney who just won a seat in the state House representing east Houston and Pasadena, said she'll start working immediately...

The Supreme Court said Monday it would consider the constitutionality of a Texas congressional map engineered by Rep. Tom DeLay that helped Republicans gain seats in Congress.

Former state Rep. Garfield Thompson, who became known as a tireless advocate for veterans, minorities and the working class, has died. He was 89.

This one-two is mystifying and troubling: While President Bush pledged last week to renew the Voting Rights Act, his Justice Department appointees were caught taking scissors to that very law.

A San Antonio judge... ordered the GOP congressman to stand trial next year on the more serious money laundering charges.

Judge Upholds Money Laundering charges. read more...

Now that we've all had a chance to absorb the true text of the Texas Supreme Court's ruling on public school finance, the message is clear - nothing has changed.