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Are guns and abortion worthy of a special session?

Gov. Rick Perry, left, and Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst (AP Photo/Statesman.com, Laura Skelding) As legislative leaders struggled over budget differences, talk turned toward the likelihood of a special...

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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...

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

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 its 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

Sens. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, Kirk Watson, D-Austin, and Rodney Ellis, D-Houston, look over a set of political boundaries on the Senate floor.File 2011/Austin American-Statesman Sen. Wendy Davis,...

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Court: DOJ can intervene in redistricting case

Attorney General Eric Holder speaks at the National Urban League annual conference, Thursday, July 25, 2013, in Philadelphia. The Justice Department on Tuesday was allowed by a federal court to...

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Texas redistricting trial set to begin July 2014

State Sens. Jose Rodriguez (left) and Steve Ogden examined a congressional district map during debate on redistricting in June 2011. Courtesy: The AP AUSTIN — A trial date has been set for July 2014...

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

Sens. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, Kirk Watson, D-Austin, and Rodney Ellis, D-Houston, look over a set of political boundaries on the Senate floor.File 2011/Austin American-Statesman UPDATE: Abbott...

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

State Sens. Jose Rodriguez (left) and Steve Ogden examined a congressional district map during debate on redistricting in June 2011. Courtesy: The AP AUSTIN — A federal three-judge panel in San...

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