SMU political science professor Matthew Wilson explains the rarely enforced rules being applied during this second special ...

GOP leadership required Democrats to consent to a police escort in order to leave the building. Collier chose to stay instead ...

A state lawmaker from North Texas slept on the Texas House floor on Monday night after refusing a Republican-mandated state ...

Sam Parker wears an outfit from "The Handmaid's Tale" as she protests the confinement of Rep. Nicole Collier, D-Fort Worth, ...

The Fort Worth Democrat refused to sign a permission slip that allowed quorum-breaking lawmakers to leave the Capitol while ...

Upon returning after a 15-day walkout, Texas House Democrats were asked for consent to be escorted off the floor by DPS ...

A Democratic Texas state lawmaker who spent the night on the Texas House floor rather than accept a police escort slammed the ...

The Fort Worth Democrat was confined in the Capitol overnight after refusing to be shadowed by state police, a requirement ...

Texas Republicans mandated that Democratic lawmakers not be allowed to leave the state house without a permission slip and a ...

The detainment of State Rep. Nicole Collier has drawn outrage and imagery of Black women's suffrage in America.

"The government is without any legal authority to detain members when a quorum is not needed to conduct business," reads the ...

A Fort Worth lawmaker’s sit-in on the Texas House floor picked up steam late Tuesday as fellow Democrats flocked to her side ...