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Houston state Sen. Carol Alvarado says she will filibuster Republicans’ new congressional map
Texas Standard
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August 22, 2025
From Houston Public Media: Houston-area Democratic state Senator Carol Alvarado announced her intention to filibuster the Texas Senate’s vote on the state’s controversial new congressional map. “Republicans think they can walk all over us,”...
Texas Democrats Could Lose Seniority as Republicans Mull Punishment | Inside Texas Politics: August 22, 2025
KYTX/CBS 19 - Texas
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State Rep. John McQueeney says Republicans may go beyond changing the rules of theHouse and make the punishment law Author: cbs19.tv Published: 3:34 PM CDT August 22, 2025 Updated: 3:34 PM CDT August 22, 2025
Houston senator says she will filibuster Texas Republicans' new congressional map
KUT - Texas
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August 22, 2025
Houston-area Democratic state Sen. Carol Alvarado announced her intention to filibuster the Texas Senate’s vote on the state's controversial new congressional map. "Republicans think they can walk all over us," Alvarado said in a post on social...
Texas Senate redistricting debate intensifies; Houston senator plans to filibuster vote
FOX 26 Houston - Texas
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As plans for a new Texas congressional map move through the state's Senate floor, a senator from the Houston area plans to filibuster the plan on Friday night. FOX 26's Jillian Hartmann reports the latest as of 6 p.m. Friday, August 22. AUSTIN -...
Houston Gaines highlights VP Vance visit and bipartisan engagement in recent tweets
Athens Reporter - Georgia
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August 22, 2025
Houston Gaines, a Republican member of the Georgia State House representing the 120th District since 2023, recently posted a series of tweets highlighting political events and visits in Georgia.On August 20, 2025, Gaines posted a brief message: "...
Texas approves GOP’s redistricting plan as senator threatens a final filibuster
The Guardian
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August 23, 2025
The Texas legislature preliminarily approved a redrawn congressional map on Friday that gives Republicans a chance to pick up as many as five congressional seats, fulfilling a brazen political request from Donald Trump to shore up the GOP’s...
Texas special session: Filibuster threat, tense committee hearings cap off big week
FOX 7 Austin - Texas
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On Friday, the final floor debate in the Senate on the congressional redistricting map took place. And, several house committees heard testimony on bills ranging from flood response to the use of bathrooms and medication AUSTIN, Texas - Members of...
Texas Republicans revive effort to further restrict abortion pills
Odessa American - Texas
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August 22, 2025
By Colleen DeGuzman and Terri Langford, The Texas Tribune Shelley Hall, like any excited expecting parent, already had a name picked out for her daughter and had her sonograms posted on her fridge. But at Hall’s 10-week prenatal appointment last...
Texas Republicans aim for final passage of redistricting
6 ABC Action News
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August 22, 2025
AUSTIN, Texas -- Texas Democrats prepared for a final show of resistance against a Republican effort to redraw the state's congressional maps mid-decade, signaling plans to speak late into Friday night on the Senate floor in an attempt to delay...
Senator Eloise Gómez Reyes Joins Newsom as He Signs ‘Election Rigging Response Act’ to Counter Trump’s Power Grab
Inland Empire Community News - California
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August 22, 2025
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the Election Rigging Response Act legislative package on Thursday, placing Proposition 50 on the November ballot and giving Californians a chance to counter congressional redistricting moves initiated by former President...
Texas Sen. Alvarado plans filibuster to delay redistricting bill on Senate floor
My News 3 - Nevada
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AUSTIN, Texas — Texas State Sen. Carol Alvarado plans to filibuster the congressional redistricting bill when it reaches the Senate floor, according to her office. She will attempt to delay passage of the bill, which the Texas House approved...
Texas, Florida seek to join legal challenge to abortion pill
The Gazette - Colorado
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By Dietrich Knauth NEW YORK (Reuters) -Texas and Florida on Friday asked a federal judge to let them join a lawsuit seeking to restrict the availability of the abortion pill mifepristone, saying that they need to step in to protect their abortion...
Texas Legislature Is Debating a Broad Trans Bathroom Bill. The Testimony Was Disgusting
them. - New York
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August 22, 2025
Sign up for The Agenda, Them’s news and politics newsletter, delivered Thursdays. A far-right activist threatened to assault transgender women during testimony in the Texas House of Representatives on Friday, commenting that he was previously...
Texas Senate taking up redistricting bill
The Santa Clarita Valley Signal - California
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August 22, 2025
By Joseph Lord Contributing Writer The Texas Senate was set Friday to take up a bill to redraw Texas’s congressional maps to increase Republicans’ hold on the state’s U.S. House delegation by as many as five seats. The Senate had not yet voted on...
Texarkana felon charged with possessing child pornography in the Eastern District of Texas
The Gilmer Mirror - Texas
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TYLER, Texas – A Texarkana, Texas convicted felon has been charged with federal child pornography violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs. John Matthew Emerson, 41, was named in an indictment...
Texas Country Singer Billie Jo Jones Rocks It At Daytona
Forbes
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Country singer Billie Jo Jones fitted into a helmet for a NASCAR Racing Experience thrill ride at Daytona International Speedway by Jim Galbavy, August 20, 2025. Scott Sexton The Emory, Texas-based country singer Billie Jo Jones is no stranger to...
Texas Instruments Opens $60B Chip Plant in Texas for Apple Supply
WebProNews
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August 22, 2025
In a significant boost to domestic semiconductor production, Texas Instruments Inc. has inaugurated its sprawling new manufacturing facility in Sherman, Texas, a $60 billion investment that underscores the push for U.S.-based chipmaking amid...
Texas bathroom bill sparks heated testimony in House committee
FOX 7 Austin - Texas
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WARNING: This video contains strong language that some people may find offensive. Tensions boiled over during a House committee meeting debating Senate Bill 8 which would require people at schools and government buildings to use the bathroom of...
Texas Matters: The Ten Commandments on hold
Texas Public Radio
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August 22, 2025
A federal judge in San Antonio has temporarily blocked a new Texas law requiring public schools to post the Ten Commandments in every classroom. The ruling only applies to the school districts named in the lawsuit: Alamo Heights ISD, North East...
Texas Senate redistricting debate sparks filibuster over fairness concerns
CBS Dallas - Texas
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The Texas Senate is debating new congressional maps that would add five Republican-majority districts. One Democratic senator has launched a filibuster, arguing the maps reduce fair representation. Republicans say the maps are based on voting...