Republicans are stepping up their scrutiny of dozens of shelters run by aid groups on the U.S. border with Mexico.

A mostly quiet Election Day in Texas came after a series of pitched partisan battles over how elections should be conducted.

A judge ruled on Friday that Galveston County must redraw its 2021 redistricting map because it violates the Voting Rights Act and United States Constitution, according to a news release from the Texas Civil Rights Project.

The new law, passed during the 88th legislative session, will criminalize performers who put on sexually explicit shows as well as businesses that host the shows when those performances happen in front of children.

Members of the Texas Civil Rights Project will be holding a news conference following a hearing over the future of Harris County’s felony bail system.

Border wall opponents say President Joe Biden broke his promise to halt border wall construction when Homeland Security started building a wall and calling it a levee.

Clear skies across Texas ushered voters to the polls for a historic Election Day on Tuesday, even as a political storm hovers at the close of an anxious, divisive presidential election unlike any other. In 2016, some 73.3% of votes in Texas were cast early and 26.7% on election day, according to the Secretary of State. Fort Bend elections manager John Oldham said Election Day voting was lower than usual. Voters wait in line to cast their ballots at Dan Ruiz Branch Library in Austin on Election Day. (Credit: Miguel Gutierrez Jr./The Texas Tribune)Voters stand in line at the Oak Lawn Branch Library to cast their ballots on Election Day in Dallas.

After a state district judge denied her request for help getting an emergency absentee ballot because she has tested positive for coronavirus, it took a mad dash to a Sonic restaurant between Austin and Lockhart for Linda Elizabeth Harrison to vote Tuesday. "It's pretty much hit us like a ton of bricks," Harrison said Tuesday, speaking low in between coughs. But after reaching out to her doctor's office Monday night, Harrison didn't have the signoff she needed by midday Tuesday. With the doctor's note in hand, the Texas Civil Rights Project's intern, Katya Ehresman, was ready to ferry Harrison's ballot to her so she could fill it out. Disclosure: The Texas secretary of state’s office has been a financial supporter of The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization that is funded in part by donations from members, foundations and corporate sponsors.