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EPISODE · Aug 18, 2025 · 5 MIN

Texas Senate panel advances congressional map that shifts five seats to GOP’s favor

from The Dallas Morning News · host The Dallas Morning News

The Texas Senate could move the GOP’s redistricting plan forward in the next few days after the redistricting panel advanced the map on Sunday afternoon. Wasting little time in the second special session, the redistricting committee voted out the map on a 6-3 party-line vote. In other news, Authorities are investigating after Nazi Germany flags were found hanging outside on Rockwall-Heath High School’s facade over the weekend. Heath police were called to the Rockwall ISD school at about 6:40 a.m. Saturday after “antisemitic materials” were discovered hanging from the school’s east side, police said in a statement; Chris Carpenter, co-owner of Dallas restaurant Hendy’s on Henderson, died on Sunday, August 10th after spending the prior evening at the bustling bar. Hendy’s has been open barely a month. Carpenter was 41. His cause of death is unknown. Friend and fellow bar operator Andrew Young called him a “high risk, high reward” person who was a “meticulous manager” with a magnetic personality. Friends and family hosted a celebration of life for Carpenter at Hendy’s last Thursday; and a lot of questions still remain for the Cowboys after Saturday's 31-13 loss to Baltimore. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Texas Senate could move the GOP’s redistricting plan forward in the next few days after the redistricting panel advanced the map on Sunday afternoon. Wasting little time in the second special session, the redistricting committee voted out the map on a 6-3 party-line vote. In other news, Authorities are investigating after Nazi Germany flags were found hanging outside on Rockwall-Heath High School’s facade over the weekend. Heath police were called to the Rockwall ISD school at about 6:40 a.m. Saturday after “antisemitic materials” were discovered hanging from the school’s east side, police said in a statement; Chris Carpenter, co-owner of Dallas restaurant Hendy’s on Henderson, died on Sunday, August 10th after spending the prior evening at the bustling bar. Hendy’s has been open barely a month. Carpenter was 41. His cause of death is unknown. Friend and fellow bar operator Andrew Young called him a “high risk, high reward” person who was a “meticulous manager” with a magnetic personality. Friends and family hosted a celebration of life for Carpenter at Hendy’s last Thursday; and a lot of questions still remain for the Cowboys after Saturday's 31-13 loss to Baltimore. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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