The new special session started Friday with threats to House Democrats, who have signaled their intention to return to Texas after leaving the state to block the passage of a new GOP-friendly congressional map.| KUT Radio, Austin's NPR Station
Protesters rallied outside the Texas Capitol on Thursday, just before the state Legislature kicked off the first in a series of hearings on a rare mid-decade push from top Republicans to redraw Texas’ congressional district maps.| KUT Radio, Austin's NPR Station
Texas lawmakers could redraw the state's congressional maps during the ongoing special session. President Donald Trump has said he wants to pick up five more seats through a map redraw.| KERA News
The University of Houston hosted a hearing of the Texas House Select Committee on Congressional Redistricting on Saturday. Almost all of the candidates running for the 18th District, vacant since Rep. Sylvester Turner's death in March, urged the committee not to redraw the district’s boundaries.| Houston Public Media
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.| Houston Public Media
