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Texas GOP nears vote on new maps

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First domino in national redistricting fight likely to fall with Texas GOP poised for vote on maps
The first domino in a growing national redistricting battle is likely to fall Wednesday as the Republican-controlled Texas legislature is expected to pass a new congressional map creating five new wi...

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The Latest: Texas GOP has their quorum to vote on new gerrymandered district map
Both parties expect a GOP map in Texas to clear a big hurdle in a national fight over redistricting
Texas GOP nears vote on new maps as Democrats stage protest in state House
Texas Republicans are moving closer to approving new congressional maps amid a Democratic show of protest over the GOP House speaker’s order that members who fled the state weeks earlier be placed un...

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The Latest: Texas GOP poised to approve map gerrymandered for their advantage
There’s Only One Real Way for Democrats to Disarm Texas Gerrymandering
Texas Republicans set to approve Trump-backed new congressional map after lengthy fight
The gambit has triggered a national redistricting war, with governors of both parties threatening to initiate similar efforts in other states.

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Richmond News · 23h
California redistricting hearing turns heated as Republicans mount opposition campaign
Photos from the Texas Legislature as Republicans push for new political maps

Texas, Ten Commandments and Judge

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Federal judge temporarily blocks Texas schools from enforcing Ten Commandments law
The judge said the displays would violate parents' rights and are "likely to send an exclusionary and spiritually burdensome message" to students.

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Judge rules Texas can’t put the Ten Commandments in certain school districts’ classrooms
Judge blocks some Texas public schools from displaying Ten Commandments
Judge rules that some Texas schools don’t have to display Ten Commandments in classrooms
More than a dozen Texas families of various faiths sued over the state’s law – which was signed by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott in June and is set to take effect statewide starting next month – arguin...

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Judge Halts Texas Law Mandating the Ten Commandments in School
Court Rules Texas Cannot Mandate Religious Displays In Classrooms
Texas judge blocks Ten Commandments in public schools with epic ruling that quotes Sonny & Cher, Kurt Vonnegut and Billy Graham
The judge agreed with plaintiffs that those displays “are likely to pressure” children “into religious observance, meditation on, veneration, and adoption” of the state’s favored religious doctrine w...

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Axios · 4h
Texas law requiring Ten Commandments temporarily halted in some schools
Judge blocks Texas law requiring Ten Commandments in classrooms

Obama calls Newsom’s redistricting plan ‘a responsible approach’ in response to Texas Republicans redrawing maps

Former President Barack Obama said Tuesday that he supported a proposal by California Democrats to redraw congressional lines in response to a Republican-led push in Texas to gain additional US House seats but expressed unease with the broader effects of political gerrymandering.

Texas lawmaker prepares for second night of redistricting protest in state Capitol

After Democrats returned to the Texas statehouse, Republican leadership assigned law enforcement officers to monitor them to prevent further delays to their plan to redraw congressional voting districts to favor Republicans ahead of the election.
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