Texas legislature to address flood relief, redrawing the state's congressional map

By Blaise Gainey,

Adrian Ma

Published July 20, 2025 at 8:03 AM EDT

The Texas legislature meets on Monday to focus on disaster relief after the deadly floods, but it's also considering President Trump's request to redraw the lines of Congressional districts.

Blaise Gainey

Adrian Ma

Adrian Ma covers work, money and other "business-ish" for NPR's daily economics podcast The Indicator from Planet Money.

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