Stories Related to Texas Ag Says Legislature Won’t Call Special Session For Redistricting

By Guillermo Contreras, Staff Writer, San Antonio Express-News
Fri, 05/26/2017 - 4:20pm

Ken Paxton’s office has told a judicial panel that its 2013 congressional and state House maps are legal.

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