The lawsuit was originally filed in late June by several families after Gov. Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 10 into law.

The Texas House of Representatives will gavel back into session at 10 a.m. Wednesday with the controversial proposal to redraw congressional maps up for a vote.

Collier said having officers shadow her was an attack on her dignity and an attempt to control her movements.

The tit-for-tat puts the nation's two most populous states at the center of an expanding fight over control of Congress ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

Parents of young girls who died in last month's flooding in Texas Hill Country are in Austin this Wednesday to testify about proposed flood safety legislation for camps and campgrounds.

Amid the hottest stretch of weather of the 2025 so far, morning commutes in parts of North Texas were slowed by heavy rain.