Top Morning Stories June 21, 2011
Give Your Input on AISD Performing Arts CenterThe Austin Independent School District is planning to build a district-wide Performing Arts Center at the Mueller redevelopment site. AISD will be...
View ArticleCourt Blocks Texas Redistricting Map, Prompts "Disorder"
Controversial maps that redraw political boundaries in Texas will be sent to trial, delivering a blow to the Republican state lawmakers who dominated the redistricting process. A Washington D.C.-based...
View ArticleRedistricting Orders Throw Texas Politics Into Disarray
Forget everything. The candidate announcements, the relocations, the decisions not to run again, the who vs. who vs. who and the campaign finance. Poof!With a one-paragraph order on Friday night, the...
View ArticleSupreme Court Sets Redistricting Hearing
UPDATE 8:45 p.m.: Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is asking a three-judge federal panel in San Antonio to stay the deadline for candidates to file for primary elections in the state House and...
View ArticlePolitiFact: Texas (Almost) Never Passed Redistricting
In this week’s PolitiFact Texas check-in, KUT’s Emily Donahue speaks with the Austin American-Statesman’s Gardner Selby about a comment by State Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer, a Democrat from San Antonio...
View ArticleAgenda Texas: Redistricting Never a Quick Fix
It was supposed to end last Monday.After 140 days, lawmakers were supposed to pack up and head home. Instead we’re now a week into a special legislative session on congressional and legislative...
View ArticleSenate to Vote on Court-Drawn Legislative Districts
A plan to use court-drawn political boundaries is on its way to the full Texas Senate.Today the Senate Committee on Redistricting approved the district boundaries set by a federal court in San Antonio...
View ArticleChanges to the Voting Rights Act: What Texans Need to Know
On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its second big decision of the week, striking down part of the Voting Rights Act. Supporters praised the decision, calling it a step forward in eliminating...
View ArticleHow This Week's 3 Big Supreme Court Decisions Affect Texas
This week was a busy one for the U.S. Supreme Court. It ruled on cases involving three major issues: affirmative action, same sex marriage and voting rights. All three of these cases have national...
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