In a release from Powered by People, the organization said it donated more than $1 million to the Texas Legislative Black Caucus, the Texas House Democratic Caucus and the Mexican American Legislative Caucus during the special session.

The Texas Legislature's first special session is set to end without the passage of key funding bills. How can those bills return?

As Texas House Democrats remain out of the state to block a controversial redistricting bill, Governor Greg Abbott has threatened to call a second consecutive special session, raising questions about what these legislative sessions actually mean and how they reshape the political process in Texas.

Texas Republican leaders said Tuesday that they were prepared to end their stalemated special session and immediately begin another standoff with Democrats in the GOP’s efforts to redraw

Newsweek contacted Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows, who filed the legal petition, for comment via online inquiry forms on Thursday, outside of regular office hours.

The Democrats announced they will return so long as Texas Republicans end a special session and California releases its own redrawn map proposal.