Alito issued the order in his capacity as the justice who handles urgent appeals from Texas, saying the map could remain.

Supreme Court's conservatives are not likely to bar Texas from adding new Republican-leaning voting districts.

GOP Rep. Wesley Hunt is officially filing to run for the Senate on Tuesday, ending speculation that he might drop out and increasing the odds of a primary runoff.

Hours after federal judges blocked Texas from using a newly drawn Congressional map, state leaders filed an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court.

Republicans hope the U.S. Supreme Court will overrule a three-judge panel and bring the new map back into play, but the deadline for candidates to file is less than three weeks away, Dec. 8.

Bexar County Elections Administrator Michele Carew has announced the elections department will receive $4 million in federal funds from the Help America Vote Act. “They originally offered $86,000. I am delighted that we will receive $4 million as it will allow us to expand our voting locations and also to purchase more poll pads,” Carew said.

A federal court dealt a major blow on Tuesday to Republicans’ hopes of picking up five new GOP seats in Congress next year in Texas, ruling that the party’s redraw was unconstitutional. But the decision was far from the last word on the case.

After leaders in four member cities scheduled elections to consider leaving DART next May, a fifth North Texas town may join the ranks.

In the heart of Houston and its surrounding areas, the residents of Texas’ 18th congressional district had long counted on one person to fight for them in Washington.