Posted on · Based on population shifts recorded by the 2020 census, Texas, Florida and North Carolina are among the states gaining representation, while California, New York and Pennsylvania are losing influence.
Posted on · Houstonians asked lawmakers to reject partisan gerrymandering in the upcoming redistricting process.
Posted on · On Tuesday's Houston Matters: How the pandemic is affecting emergency medicine, Fort Bend County Judge KP George answers questions, how a delay in census counting might affect Texas redistricting, and Dacamera adapts to bring its music to audiences at home.
Posted on · District E’s councilmember is calling for the city to take another look at Kingwood and Clear Lake.
Posted on · The Houston Matters panel of non-experts weighs in on stories from the week’s news and decides if they’re good, bad, or ugly.
Posted on · In light of the Supreme Court’s ruling over the state's political maps, Texas is now trying to eliminate the possibility of a return federal oversight of its election laws as part of the case against the state's voter ID law.
Posted on · The Supreme Court overturns a lower courts ruling that the use of electoral districts is racially discriminatory
Posted on · Brandon and Jay talk about some of the problems at HISD
Posted on · The U.S. Supreme Court is considering a Texas redistricting case that could ultimately result in big changes to the state's political maps. But the courts have taken seven years to get this far, and that's a win for the Republicans favored by the current maps.
Posted on · The U.S. Supreme Court starts hearing a case on Tuesday over whether Texas' congressional and state House maps were drawn with the intent to discriminate against Hispanic and black voters.
Posted on · In Texas last year, the federal court ruled that some districts were racially gerrymandered to weaken the electoral power of growing minority populations
Posted on · The court decided Monday not to take up a GOP challenge to a Pennsylvania state court decision that could result in Democrats picking up a handful of House seats
Posted on · Brandon and Jay walk us through new electoral lines being drawn in Pennsylvania, how twice as many women are running for office this year and President Trump endorsing Mitt Romney for a Senate seat in Utah
Posted on · The group is targeting races in 11 states, including nine gubernatorial races, 18 legislative chambers, two ballot initiatives and two down-ballot races
Posted on · The state Supreme Court said it expects new districts to be in place by Feb. 19