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

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks to Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier, a Democrat who slept in the Texas House chamber after refusing Republicans' demand that Democrats leave only with police escort.

Texas Democrats are joining a colleague who can't leave the state Capitol because she won't agree to having law enforcement ...

Several Texas state House Democrats ripped up the written agreements that allowed them to leave the chamber with a police escort and returned to the House floor Tuesday night, the caucus announced.

In a show of defiance at the Texas Capitol, State Rep. Nicole Collier of Fort Worth has remained on the House floor for a second night.The standoff began Monday ...

Texas House Democrats are 'ripping the slip' to show solidarity with state Rep. Nicole Collier ahead of Wednesday's vote on ...

The Texas State Capitol was cleared of visitors Tuesday evening and closed to the public after a social media threat, the ...

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. A Texas House Democrat was confined in the Capitol overnight after she ...

A tense evening unfolded at the Texas Capitol as protesters and others were evacuated following an active shooter threat.The only person remain ...

Republicans in the Texas House forced returning Democrats to around-the-clock surveillance by state Department of Public ...

Californians had their first chance Tuesday to tell lawmakers how they feel about a partisan plan to win Democrats more U.S.