Republican Congressional Rep. Beth Van Duyne, left, Democrat Congressional Rep. Julie Johnson, center, and Republican Congressional Rep. Brandon Gill discussed redistricting at a recent Dallas Regional Chamber forum. Johnson’s district was targeted in ...

This story was cross-posted from the Texas Observer, an investigative news organization that covers Texas communities whose stories are often ignored. After two weeks spent outside state lines—marked by a surge of national media attention and, then, a ...

Texas officials preparing for elections under new congressional maps must quickly reverse course because of a federal court order blocking the use of the maps.

The NWS forecast office in Lubbock, Texas said on X, Wednesday: “Precipitation will begin Wednesday evening across the far SW TX Panhandle, rain will transition to snow after sunset. Coverage will expand southward overnight before diminishing late Thursday morning. Light accumulations are expected, with highest totals across the northwest.”

On Wednesday, the legal fight over the newly approved congressional maps in Texas will shift from the Capitol to a federal courtroom in El Paso. That's when federal judges will consider a lawsuit by a variety of plaintiffs against the State of Texas.