As Democrats and Republicans spar about redrawing Texas' congressional districts ahead of the midterm election, a state senator from the Houston area is being accused of racism over a post on X about a fellow lawmaker who fled the state.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2025/08/05/527944/republican-state-senator-from-houston-area-accused-of-racism-while-criticizing-house-democrat-who-fled-state/

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Texas House Representative Gene Wu of Houston has been elected as the new chair of the Texas House Democratic Caucus.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2024/12/05/507977/houston-rep-gene-wu-elected-chair-of-texas-house-democratic-caucus/

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Texas House Democrats push for teacher salary bumps and increases to per-student spending

Democrats are the minority in the Texas Legislature and their proposal is almost guaranteed to fail. Even if they wanted to push for salary increases for teachers, their anti-voucher stance could stall any progress.

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