A Texas House Democrat was confined in the Capitol overnight after she refused a police escort that Republican leaders imposed on lawmakers who participated in a two-week walkout over a GOP mid-decade ...

The Texas House of Representatives will gavel back into session at 10 a.m. Wednesday with the controversial proposal ...

For every 100,000 Louisianians, 406 were the victim of a violent crime and 1,758 were the victim of a property crime. But ...

Texas State Representative Nicole Collier was in a bathroom when law enforcement reportedly told her to leave.

A Houston attorney has filed an ethics complaint against House Democratic Caucus Chair Gene Wu, D-Houston, after the caucus ...

The vote comes hours after reports of a social media threat led to an evacuation at the state Capitol on Tuesday.

The first domino in a growing national redistricting battle is likely to fall Wednesday as the Republican-controlled Texas legislature is expected to pass a new congressional map creating five new ...

The Republican-controlled Texas legislature is expected to pass a new congressional map creating five new winnable seats for ...

The gambit has triggered a national redistricting war, with governors of both parties threatening to initiate similar efforts in other states.

Texas Republicans are moving closer to approving new congressional maps amid a Democratic show of protest over the GOP House ...

The effort is intended to help the G.O.P. win five more U.S. House seats in the midterm elections. California will counter on ...