With less than three weeks to go before the second special legislative session ends, Gov. Greg Abbott is still waiting for nearly all of his priorities to land on his desk. The first one to hit will be a new congressional map of districts that is designed to flip five Democratically elected seats to favor Republicans in Washington – a plan pushed by President Donald Trump that

AUSTIN, Texas — On Monday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced an expansion of the second special session 's agenda. Abbott added two items to the session's agenda that he says will improve public safety and election security in Texas. Those items are:

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott expanded the agenda for the state’s second special legislative session, adding measures to ban same-day voter registration and restructure law enforcement funding. The announcement published in an August 25 press release from Abbott’s office comes as lawmakers continue tackling priorities from the original session agenda.