Redistricting usually happens after the once-a-decade population count by the U.S. Census Bureau or in response to a court ruling. Now, Texas Republicans want to break that tradition — and other

On June 24, the ACLU of Texas, Texas Civil Rights Project, Democracy Forward, National Immigration Law Center and Dallas-based law firm Lynn Pinker Hurst and Schwegmann filed a motion to prevent the Texas Dream Act from ending because the policy was repealed suddenly and without input from students, community members and colleges.

This week on Eye on Politics, a look ahead at the items Gov. Greg Abbott is bringing the Texas legislature back for. Several items on the 18-item agenda include taking a look at warning systems and emergency communications in the wake of deadly flash flooding in Central Texas.

Texas has not banned abortion pills entirely, and the Supreme Court has previously upheld access to those medications when parties have sued the Food and Drug Administration. A ban stalled in the Texas House earlier this year.

Texas isn’t the only state redrawing maps. Democrats expect similar actions in Ohio and possibly Florida and Missouri. In response, other blue states are taking notice. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy told reporters recently that while it’s “too early” to make a definitive statement on the issue, he also said, “Never bring a knife to a gunfight.”

As Texas moves forward with an off-cycle redistricting to shore up Republicans’ narrow House majority, Gov. Gavin Newsom is plotting a Democratic response in California. But the state’s independent redistricting commission is a major obstacle.