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FBI agrees to help find Texas Democrats in Illinois after the lawmakers fled in redistricting battle, US senator says
CHICAGO — Texas Republican U.S. Sen. John Cornyn said Thursday the FBI has granted his request to assist Texas law ...
Illinois lieutenant governor responds to Texas redistricting: ‘Nothing will be off the table’
Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton (D) said Tuesday that “nothing will be off the table” in response to the plan by Texas ...
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Texas Democrats know they may lose redistricting protest, but hope to spark a national fight
Democrats concede there’s only so much they can do to keep Texas from redrawing its maps. But they want to encourage blue ...
Pritzker says redrawing Illinois district map "on the table" in response to Texas redistricting push
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said he's considered redrawing the state's congressional map in response to the Texas redistricting ...
Texas Democrats ‘plan to stay’ in Illinois to thwart GOP redistricting effort
Texas Democrats who fled the state as Republicans look to redraw the Lone Star State’s congressional lines pushed back on the ...
Texas Democrats decamp to Illinois to deny Republicans a quorum on redistricting
In response, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott threatened to try to remove the Democrats from the state Legislature and said some of ...
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, DNC Chair Ken Martin join Texas Democrats in fight against redistricting plan
On the eve of the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, Texas Democrats, along with Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and the ...
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Evacuation of Texas Democrats in Illinois Hotel After Bomb Threat Disrupts Fight Against Redistricting Bill
Texas Democratic lawmakers were evacuated from an Illinois hotel due to a bomb threat amid a political protest.
Why Chicago? Texas House Democrats leave the state, head to Illinois amid redistricting battle
With the redistricting clock ticking and national eyes once again on Texas, Democrats are hoping the Windy City will blow ...
Blue state Republicans sound alarm on redistricting tit-for-tat
Blue state Republicans whose political futures would be at risk in retaliatory redistricting efforts by Democrats are sounding the alarm on Texas’s mid-decade effort to pad the GOP majority.