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texas-legislature
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theweek.comworld14 days agoDeveloping
Texas Supreme Court Rejects Bid to Remove Democratic Lawmakers Over Quorum Break
The Texas Supreme Court on Friday declined to declare that more than 50 Democratic state lawmakers had vacated their offices by leaving the state in 2025 to delay a vote on new congressional maps. The all-Republican court ruled that the Legislature had resolved the matter through…
Propublicaworld23 days agoDeveloping
Texas Lawmakers Rejected Over 60 Flood Safety Bills Since 1960s
An investigation by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune found that Texas lawmakers have repeatedly rejected legislation that could have limited construction in flood-prone areas. The majority of the 137 people who died in the July 4, 2025 flooding in five counties were in locations…