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Are guns and abortion worthy of a special session?

As legislative leaders struggled over budget differences, talk turned toward the likelihood of a special session that could go well beyond the expected redistricting. Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst,...

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Redistricting special session will last weeks

UPDATE: Sen. Kel Seliger, the upper chamber’s redistricting chief during the special session, is hoping to get a bill outlining the state’s election maps on the Senate floor for a vote by June 15....

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Perry wants good shot at success before adding to special session

Gov. Rick Perry said Friday it’s “certainly possible” that he’ll add legislation to fix the troubled Texas Windstorm Insurance Association to the special-session agenda. But on that and other potential...

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Dems question choice of outside lawyers hired by the House for special session

There’s a bit of drama brewing over the House redistricting chief’s choice to hire two Baylor professors as outside lawyers to advise lawmakers in the lower chamber on their redistricting plans during...

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Special session on redistricting questioned

Taking exception to statements by Gov. Rick Perry and Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst in an op-ed piece published Monday by the Houston Chronicle, the Texas Senate’s  Democratic Caucus chairman filed a...

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Wendy Davis closer to recouping money spent on redistricting fight

Sen. Wendy Davis, the Fort Worth Democrat still considering a run for governor, is one step closer to getting reimbursed by the state for a legal battle with Attorney General Greg Abbott over...

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Court: DOJ can intervene in redistricting case

The Obama administration will be allowed to intervene in a lawsuit waged by a bevy of civil rights groups challenging Texas’ redistricting maps, a federal three-judge panel said Tuesday. The move...

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Texas redistricting trial set to begin July 2014

AUSTIN — A trial date has been set for July 2014 in a case involving a legal challenge to Texas’ redistricting maps and a request to require the state to once again adhere to preclearance requirements....

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Court awards Davis lawyers more than $260K in redistricting fight with Abbott

UPDATE: Abbott spokeswoman Lauren Bean said the state has already appealed the court decision awarding Wendy Davis’ lawyers more than $260,0oo in fees. “We are pleased that Plaintiff Davis’ original...

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Court: Second phase of TX redistricting trial will start Aug. 11

AUSTIN — A federal three-judge panel in San Antonio said Thursday it will commence the second phase of a trial challenging Texas’ redistricting maps on Aug. 11. The first phase, which will look at...

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