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Texas Monthly came out with its list of 10 best and 10 worst legislators. The magazine said Gonzalez was neither, but for her leadership in killing the voter suppression bill, named her “Bull on the Brazos.”

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) met with a group of Texas lawmakers on Wednesday to discuss voting rights, one day after he missed a Democratic caucus lunch where the group briefed senators.

The NAACP Houston Branch hosted a crucial conversation with the community at the Buffalo Soldiers Museum last week to discuss how the latest bills in the Texas legislative session will impact the Black community.

Texas GOP senators revived a contentious bill Friday night that would limit how Texas teachers can talk about current events and America’s history of racism in the classroom, hours after House Democrats seemed to have successfully killed the legislation. The bill now appears back on track to reach Gov. Greg Abbott's desk for approval.

Reflecting on the state of the Texas government after this most recent legislative session, State Senator Royce West (D-Dallas) feels that several important issues were not addressed, while lawmakers were left more polarized than ever.

CNN’s Brianna Keilar grilled Texas state Senator Brian Hughes (R) on Wednesday, confronting him on his support of the state’s new voting bill.

Two days after House Democrats broke quorum to kill Texas' elections overhaul legislation, Republicans say they plan to use a special session to change a controversial provision that raised concerns it would hurt get-out-the-vote efforts by Black churches.

State Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Dallas, approaches the Texas House like she does a courtroom: She wants everything on the record.

Some of Gov. Greg Abbott's priority bills died when House Democrats walked out Sunday.

One of the top Republican negotiators behind a failed Texas voting bill said it would have mistakenly limited early voting on Sundays, when many Black boers typically turn out.

Video: State Senator Royce West (D) comments on a restrictive Texas voting bill.

Gov. Greg Abbott tweeted Monday that he would not sign part of the budget that funds the legislative branch

The Democrats’ unusual protest of breaking the chamber’s quorum, tapped only three other times in Texas history, killed a divisive elections bill. But Gov. Greg Abbott promised to revive the legislation.

Texas Republicans were claiming victory late Friday night, saying that they had successfully pushed through one of the most controversial education bills — which advocates said would make it more difficult to address racism in schools — despite last-ditch efforts by Democrats to kill the legislation through parliamentary procedures.

After a process in which Democrats on the conference committee claimed they were essentially locked out from providing input, lawmakers have reached and filed a final agreement on major election bill Senate Bill 7, which has been no stranger to controversy and criticisms since it was first filed.

Republican senators sprang into action Friday night to resurrect a GOP bill limiting how race can be discussed in the classroom, paving over a roadblock thrown up by a Round Rock Democrat in the House.

George Floyd legislation – The guilty verdict in the Chauvin trial is just part of the fight for accountability after the murder of George Floyd. Right now, legislation bearing Floyd’s name is stalled at the State Capitol. We speak with State Sen. Royce West, who filed the Senate bill, about the future of the act as well as his personal perspective on the verdict.