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The legal battle over Texas's new congressional maps is approaching its conclusion in federal court in El Paso, with nearly ...

The federal hearing on the legality of Texas' new congressional map is concluding. Will it stall or stand? Here's what to ...

Sen. Phil King testified in the federal lawsuit trial filed by civil rights organizations that claim Texas Republicans targeted Hispanics and Blacks.

The fate of five congressional districts redrawn by Texas to ensure Republicans retain control of the U.S. House of ...

A panel of federal judges in El Paso will decide if the map is constitutional and can be used in the 2026 midterm elections.

The status of a potential mid-decade redistricting remains unclear even after lawmakers met with Vice President JD Vance in ...

Even as the presidential election dominates the country's attention, Democrats have spent record-breaking sums this year on winning seats in state legislatures, 10 years after a Republican wave gave ...

California voters on Nov. 4 will decide if the state should toss its current congressional district map drawn by the state's independent commission and replace it with a new one that was quickly drawn ...

Ballots were sent out this week to Mendocino County voters for the Nov. 4 special election to decide Proposition 50, a ...

According to EWG data, 29 states have one or more water utilities with levels of arsenic higher than the EPA's legal level.