State lawmakers have filed bills to reduce property taxes, ban taxpayer-funded lobbying and crack down on access to abortion medications, among other things.

Speaker of the Texas House Dustin Burrows announced appointments to the House Select Committee on Disaster Preparedness and Flooding, including representative Darby being appointed.

President Donald Trump is pushing Republicans in Texas to redraw the state's congressional maps to help ensure the party keeps its majority in the U.S. House in next year's midterm elections

The Texas Senate and House are prioritizing disaster response and redistricting in the upcoming special session that begins Monday. The Republican leaders of both chambers have announced the creation of a Select Committees on Disaster Preparedness and Flooding in the aftermath the Independence Day flooding that resulted in more than 120

Hakeem Jeffries, the House Democratic leader, told Texas Democrats on a call on Tuesday that the moment required everyone to take extraordinary actions.

The investigation, which also targets Cameron, Eastland and Guadalupe counties, comes ahead of a special legislative session in which state lawmakers will consider giving the attorney general's office the authority to prosecute election crimes.

President Donald Trump said he thinks Republicans could flip a handful of congressional districts in Texas next year through “​​just a very simple redrawing."

During a press conference on Monday, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) spoke about the Republican-led Texas legislature which decided to hold a special session redrawing Congressional districts in Texas next week following deadly floods in Texas.