As speaker, Phelan oversaw passage of numerous conservative priorities, but he gave up the gavel under pressure from the far right over the House’s impeachment of Attorney General Ken Paxton.

Should the GOP-controlled Legislature approve the map, which is expected to happen, residents of this North Dallas neighborhood will be able to enter

The new protections come after the devastating July Fourth floods in the Texas Hill Country that claimed the lives of dozens of young campers.

Some Democrats lamented that the House’s latest proposal to scrap the test largely resembles a Senate bill the lower chamber declined to sign on earlier this year.

In response to the Texas Republican redistricting effort, California Democrats pushed their own map-redrawing plans forward. Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) declared a special election for this November, aiming for a new map to help Democrats pick up five more seats in the House.

AUSTIN — Lawmakers in the Texas House passed six bills Thursday aimed at addressing disaster relief, emergency communication systems and youth camp emergency preparedness requirements in the wake of the catastrophic Hill Country floods over July 4th.

The measure is a response to the dozens of children who died at Camp Mystic and other youth camps in the Texas Hill Country during the July 4 flood.

U.S.-NATO MEETING: U.S. and NATO military officials will meet today to discuss security guarantees for Ukraine as the White House works to arrange a summit between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin.