Localized flooding in Houston is possible Friday as a tropical disturbance in the western Gulf of Mexico approaches the Texas coast.

Denver Harbor in Houston’s East End would shift from the long-Democratic 29th Congressional District into a new 9th Congressional District — which would be more compact and still majority Hispanic, but it would tilt Republican.

The leader of Democrats in the Texas House said the battle over redistricting, which could determine control of Congress, is likely to continue in the courts.

Texas House Democrats who fled the state nearly two weeks ago to block a redistricting plan favoring Republicans are expected to return home this weekend. The Texas House Democratic Caucus announced Thursday that the lawmakers will return once the legislature wraps up a special session on redistricting efforts and California releases its proposal to redraw