Redistricting Committee selects congressional map for consideration by Utah lawmakers

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HB 18 would ban lawmakers from raising funds while participating in a quorum break. The measure is in response to the Democratic quorum break that unsuccessfully sought to prevent Republican-sponsored congressional redistricting legislation.

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Texas House passes bill to punish quorum breaks

House Bill 18 would ban lawmakers from raising funds while participating in a quorum break. It would punish such actions by fining lawmakers and their contributors up to $5,000 per donation.

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A Texas House panel on Thursday advanced a proposal to scrap STAAR, the end-of-the-year state standardized test, but not without some Democrats lamenting the changes the lower chamber made to reach an agreement with the Senate.

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As STAAR test overhaul heads for a House vote, Democrats bemoan concessions to the Senate

Some Democrats lamented that the House’s latest proposal to scrap the test largely resembles a Senate bill the lower chamber declined to sign on earlier this year.

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After the Texas House passed a new GOP congressional map, Gov. Greg Abbott added three new items to his agenda for the ongoing special session, including punishments for lawmakers who leave the state to block passage of future legislation.

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Gov. Greg Abbott asks for new penalties for Texas lawmakers who flee to halt legislative sessions

The governor announced he was expanding his special session agenda shortly after the Texas House passed a congressional map that Democrats had delayed by leaving the state.

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The congressional redistricting map now advancing through the Texas House would add Liberty County to TX-9, unlike the map under consideration in the Senate. The district has long been represented by Democratic U.S. Rep. Al Green.

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Houston’s 9th Congressional District would be solidly Republican under Texas House’s redistricting map

The redistricting map now advancing through the House would add Liberty County to TX-9, unlike the map under consideration in the Senate. The district has long been represented by Democratic U.S. Rep. Al Green.

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A Fort Worth lawmaker said on Monday that she can't leave the Texas House chambers because she won't agree to round-the-clock monitoring by state troopers, which the GOP speaker is requiring of Democrats who fled the state.

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Fort Worth Rep. Nicole Collier refuses to leave Texas House, protesting state trooper escorts

Collier, who left the state as part of a Democratic quorum break during the first special legislative session, said she won't sign a "permission slip" to leave the chamber, which would require accepting round-the-clock monitoring by state troopers.

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Central Texas flood victims call for relief as funding remains deadlocked amid special session quorum break

Gov. Greg Abbott’s press secretary, Andrew Mahaleris, said Abbott had deployed all the resources available to him to support the communities impacted by the flood, but that additional funds would need legislative approval.

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott released his second special session proclamation moments after the state legislature officially called its first special session to a close. The governor told lawmakers to begin work Friday afternoon.

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Gov. Abbott instructs Texas Legislature to begin second special session at noon on Friday

Gov. Greg Abbott released his second special session proclamation moments after the state legislature officially called its first special session to a close. The governor told lawmakers to begin work Friday afternoon.

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How one Houston neighborhood could fare under Texas’ proposed new congressional map

Denver Harbor in Houston’s East End would shift from the long-Democratic 29th Congressional District into a new 9th Congressional District — which would be more compact and still majority Hispanic, but it would tilt Republican.

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