A second special session that has made approving the map a priority started Friday, as soon as the first one ended.

The Texas Senate could move the GOP’s redistricting plan forward in the next few days after the redistricting panel advanced the map on Sunday afternoon.

Texas Senate approves Republican-drawn redistricting maps in 19-2 vote as nine Democrats walk out in protest while House Democrats remain out of state.

Democrats' absence has halted work in the Texas House, which must also approve the new boundaries, for more than a week.

A second special session that has made approving the map a priority started Friday, shortly after the first one ended.

Dr. Maria C. Gonzalez and Dr. David Mazella, both associate professors of English at UH, are forming a faculty-led entity to replace UH's Faculty Senate, which the university dismantled due to its implementation of Senate Bill 37 in late July.

About 5,000 people gathered at the Capitol on Saturday to protest President Trump and the Texas Legislature's plan to redraw the state's congressional districts to give Republicans more seats in the U.

Every previous public poll had shown the attorney general with a considerable lead over Texas’ incumbent senator.