In August 2024, the National Religious Broadcasters, the conservative group Intercessors for America, and two Texas churches — Sand Springs Church of Athens and First Baptist Church of Waskom, near the Louisiana line — sued in Tyler to overturn the Johnson Amendment’s strictures against secular nonprofits as well as churches.

The Texas Senate approved the GOP-favored voting map that could flip five seats in the 2026 midterm elections.

In the complaint, 13 Texas voters claim HB4 unlawfully targets majority-minority districts based on race, including in Harris County. In the Houston area, claims court documents, Black voters are being packed into a single district,