Yahoo: Redrawing Texas Map? Speaker Burrows Pushes Study To Annex New Mexico Counties
Redrawing Texas Map? Speaker Burrows Pushes Study To Annex New Mexico Counties
Yahoo: Your US map could look very different in the future: A Republican wants parts of New Mexico in Texas
Your US map could look very different in the future: A Republican wants parts of New Mexico in Texas
Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows has directed a select committee to study annexing one or more contiguous counties from New Mexico.
"Southeast New Mexico deserves a real voice in its own future, not one dictated by Santa Fe. It’s a conservative, energy-rich region with a fierce independent streak, and West Texas has shown what’s ...
Austin American-Statesman: Texas eyes New Mexico border counties, but annexation faces long odds
The study ordered last week by House Speaker Dustin Burrows to examine whether Texas could actually gobble up some of the counties on the eastern rim of New Mexico has some political figures seeing ...
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: What is NewMexit? Texas looks at annexation of New Mexico counties
Texans and New Mexicans might be starting to hear more chatter about "NewMexit" — the possibility of Texas annexing New Mexico counties wishing to secede and join the Lone Star state. What started as ...
FOX 7 Austin on MSN: Will Texas really absorb counties from New Mexico?
KCBD NewsChannel 11 on MSN: Texas lawmakers explore annexing eastern New Mexico counties
Texas lawmakers are studying whether to absorb counties that secede from New Mexico. The idea stems from a proposal in Lea County and a new House committee review. New Mexico officials pushed back, ...