Tarrant County Commissioners Court

Carolyn Rodriguez's attorney says her arrest was a violation of her First Amendment rights.

The Fort Worth City Council maintains a Democratic majority. County commissioners adopted a new precinct map to further solidify their majority.

Tarrant County adopted a new GOP-friendly commissioners court precinct map on Tuesday. Opponents have accused Republican commissioners of racial gerrymandering.

Democrats have criticized the redistricting process as an attempt at racial gerrymandering. Republicans say their goal is to increase their majority in commissioners court.

The unusual mid-decade map drawing process has drawn concern from Democrats, who say Republicans are trying to racially gerrymander the commissioners court. Republicans say what they're doing is purely political.

Republican commissioners have said they want to grow their majority on the Tarrant County Commissioners Court by redrawing the maps. Democrats, including U.S. Congressman Marc Veasey, say commissioners are achieving that through racial gerrymandering.

Tarrant County Public Health is assisting Arlington emergency services in treating individuals who frequently call 911 for non-emergency reasons as part of a new partnership.

Republicans say redrawing the maps to make one of the commissioners precincts more conservative will help the county in the long run. Democrats call it racial gerrymandering.

Tarrant County's Republican commissioners pushed for a redistricting plan that would redraw one precinct in their favor.

Tarrant County's Republican commissioners pushed for the redistricting process, calling it long overdue. Democrats contend they're trying to draw Commissioner Alisa Simmons out of her seat.

Tarrant County's Republican commissioners outvoted the Democrats last month to start an unusual mid-decade redistricting process.

More than 20 people addressed the Tarrant County Commissioners Court about the redistricting effort, none of them in support.