Democratic Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier spent the night on the Texas House floor in protest after refusing a Republican ...

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

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

The Texas House gaveled in at noon with Democratic members present, marking an official end to the quorum break.

A Democratic state lawmaker who fled Texas in protest of a GOP redistricting effort is asking a court to let her exit the ...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Democrats ended a two-week walkout Monday that stalled Republican efforts to redraw congressional ...

A Democratic Texas lawmaker has chosen to spend the night in the state House chamber to avoid being shadowed by law ...

The imposition of police surveillance by Republican state House leaders on their Democratic colleagues marked the latest ...

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

After having fled the state over redistricting legislation, Democratic lawmakers had to agree to have security escorts to leave the chamber. Now, a number are refusing.