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Judge rules Texas can’t put the Ten Commandments in certain school districts’ classrooms  Politico Judge Halts Texas Law Mandating the Ten Commandments in School  The New York Times Judge rules that some Texas schools don’t have to display Ten Commandments in classrooms  CNN Texas can’t require the Ten Commandments in every public school classroom, judge says  NBC News Federal judge blocks Texas law requiring …

Today, the U.S. Department of Education (the Department) announced it is placing Alexandria City Public Schools, Arlington Public Schools, Fairfax County Public Schools, Loudoun County Public Schools, and Prince William County Public Schools (the Divisions) in Northern Virginia on high-risk status with the condition that all federal funding flowing to these districts is done by reimbursement only. This action is …

California kicks off sprint to redraw House districts for Democrats  The Washington Post Gavin Newsom thanks you for your attention to redistricting  CNN Speaker Johnson vows to fight California Democrats’ ‘illegal power grab’  The Hill 5 things to know about Gavin Newsom’s plan to redraw California’s election maps  CalMatters The Gavinmander: How We Would Rate the New California Democratic Map if Voters Approve It  Center …

A new wave of book bans has hit Florida school districts, with hundreds of titles being pulled from library and classroom shelves as the school year kicks off. The Republican-dominated state, which has already had the highest rate of book bans nationwide this year, is continuing to censor reading materials in schools, bowing to external pressures in an effort to …

Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the story. See our AI policy, and give us feedback. Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. A record five Texas school districts are now at risk of the state replacing their democratically-elected school board …

California Democrats and Texas Republicans are in an old-fashioned standoff, threatening to redraw their congressional maps in an attempt to sway the outcome of the 2026 midterm elections. Caught in the middle are a handful of California Republicans, from relative newcomers to seasoned veterans, who represent pockets of the state from the U.S.-Mexico border to the remote forests in the …

Supreme Court to Consider Ban on Race-Based Voting Districts  Bloomberg.com The Supreme Court just dropped a hint about its next big Voting Rights Act case  Politico Supreme Court raises the stakes in a Louisiana redistricting case  NBC News Supreme Court tees up Louisiana case on whether racial redistricting is unconstitutional  CBS News US Supreme Court poised to assess validity of key voting rights law  Reuters …

Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the story. See our AI policy, and give us feedback. Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. In early July, as President Donald Trump was pushing Texas to redraw its congressional map to better favor …

The proposal may still change before lawmakers consider it further, and members of the committee may still refer new proposals for consideration throughout the entirety of the special session. At the moment, members of that committee are scheduled to discuss the proposed map during a meeting on Friday. Legislative Democrats, however, have suggested they could interrupt the broader process by …

New Texas Congressional map will create five districts Trump carried by double digits  Politico Texas GOP’s redistricting plan alarms Democrats  The Hill How Newsom could redraw career ambitions  Politico Texas Democrats preparing state exodus to block GOP redistricting despite $500 daily fines  Fox News Texas Democrats are fundraising to potentially leave the state to block GOP-backed redistricting  The Texas Tribune Source link