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How the Voting Rights Act reshaped Texas’ electoral maps by empowering voters, candidates of color
In 2002, U.S. Rep. Henry Bonilla, a Republican, nearly lost his South Texas seat to Democrat Henry Cuellar. So when the GOP used its...
Texas’ GOP attorney general candidates want to challenge decades-old Supreme Court rulings
In 1975, Texas enacted a law that allowed school districts to deny undocumented students access to free public education. This legislative measure sparked a...