Texas GOP Caucus chair on what’s next in state’s redistricting battle
On Sunday, Texas Democrats fled the state to avoid giving Republicans a quorum for a special session. We speak with…
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Illinois Gov. Pritzker on why his state is hosting Texas state lawmakers
NPR’s Juana Summers speaks with J.B. Pritzker, the governor of Illinois, about hosting a group of Texas state lawmakers as…
Hurricane Katrina helped change New Orleans’ public defender system
In 2006, Ari Shapiro reported on how Hurricane Katrina made an already broken public defender system in New Orleans worse….
Your call to a local Social Security office may be picked up by someone who can’t help
Phone calls to local Social Security offices are currently being rerouted to other field offices — often to staff who…
The politics driving the push for gerrymandering
NPR’s Ari Shapiro talks with David Wasserman of the Cook Political Report about the impact redistricting efforts will have on…