Texas Politics

A Travis County judge has temporarily blocked the arrests of House Democrats who don’t return to the state for a second special session that began Saturday.

Both chambers convened at noon for a second overtime round ordered by Gov. Greg Abbott after the first 30-day stretch ended in an impasse after House Democrats left the state to block a controversial GOP elections bill.

The family of a pregnant woman murdered two years ago has filed a lawsuit against Harris County for allowing the suspect out on bond. 

Texas Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee was taken into police custody following a voting rights protest in Washington D.C.

Voters with disabilities say proposed voting legislation will make casting a ballot harder for those with physical and mental challenges.

A three-day march in Texas is being planned in hopes to move the voting protection bills in Congress that currently are stalled in the Senate.

At least 2 Texas Democratic lawmakers have returned to the state after spending more than a week in Washington D.C. protesting proposed voting laws.

All three lawmakers, whom the Texas House Democratic Caucus did not identify, are fully vaccinated, which helps protect against severe illness.

Bush started his Paxton challenge with a fundraising lead of $2.3 million to $1.8 million, but Paxton easily maintains the most cash on hand in a primary that also includes Eva Guzman, the former state Supreme Court justice.

Republicans in the state capitol say the mass departure of Democrats from Austin in protest is killing felony bond reform. Much of the measures taken for felony bond reform would take place immediately, but if the D.C protest of House Democrats over voting rights continues, it will die.

State House Democrats who fled the state could now be tracked down and arrested. This comes after their Republican colleagues passed a measure to try and regain quorum in the legislature.

After taking up the voting bill, the Senate also passed the GOP priority bail bills Tuesday with virtually no resistance as most Democrats remained absent.

Less than a week into the special session, on the floor of the Texas Senate, lawmakers approved SB-1, the election reform bill Republicans claim will help restore confidence in the Democratic process.

More than 50 of the 67 Texas House Democrats left the state Monday for Washington, D.C. during the special legislative session. The Democratic exodus would deny the GOP the quorum, or minimum number of members, needed to pass that voting bill.