After rumors emerged that President Donald Trump was pushing Texas Republicans to redraw the state’s congressional maps to give the GOP an advantage in the 2026 midterms, Gov. Greg Abbott officially ...

The new Texas congressional map shreds the Houston-based legislative district of Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, siphoning off thousands of her Black constituents and potentially forcing her ...

In the political maps laid out by lawmakers during the current special legislative session, white Texans are overrepresented and the other groups are underrepresented.

Based on eligible voters, the current congressional district map includes 22 districts with white majorities, eight with Hispanic majorities, one with a Black majority and five that have no majority.

A white Texas middle school teacher who was captured on video telling Black students that he believes his race is "superior" no longer works at the school, officials confirmed Monday.

However, Texas placed lower in the report in terms of racial integration progress. Among the states with the most progress toward Black and white integration, Texas came in at number five.

The Black-white homeownership gap is wider today (30%) than in 1968 when the Fair Housing Act was initially passed, prohibiting discrimination when selling, renting, or financing a home.

Other popular plates included those with sports, charity and Texas history and industry themes. Excluding black, plates with a pink background were the most popular color.

The Justice Department and civil rights groups say after redistricting Texas's new congressional map does not reflect the past decade’s Latino population boom. Primaries are going ahead anyway.

North Texas Pastor Dwight McKissic has been affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention for more than 45 years -- now he's pondering whether it's time to break away.

Texas voters support the police and don't want to cut their budgets. But they disagree on the reasons behind the deaths of Black people in encounters with law enforcement, according to the latest ...

Republican lawmakers in Texas are trying to make the most of their majority, drawing new political maps to preserve their political dynasty. The maps they’ve proposed would do that, but don’t ...