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Is this legal? A look at why North Texas Democratic Rep. Nicole Collier remains in state Capitol

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

Some Texas Democrats rip up agreements to leave House floor under police escort and will spend night in chamber in protest

Several Texas state House Democrats ripped up the written agreements that allowed them to leave the chamber with a police ...

Texas Democrats Are Being Tracked by Police to Block Repeat Exit

Generations of Texas politicians have sat, voted and debated in the cushioned leather chairs on the floor of the state’s ...

A Texas Democrat sleeps at the Capitol to protest GOP actions in Texas redistricting fight

A Texas Democrat has stayed overnight at the state Capitol to protest how the Texas House’s top Republican had dozens of her ...

Texas Democratic Lawmakers End Walkout, Setting Stage for Vote on Redrawn Map

A person holds a sign, as protesters begin lining the area near the House chamber before a session as Democratic lawmakers, ...

Democratic Texas lawmaker passes 24-hour mark on state House floor after refusing GOP demand for law enforcement escort

Democratic Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier has now spent over 24 hours on the Texas House floor in protest after refusing a ...

Texas Democrats return home, Trump rails about mail-in voting in latest U.S. midterm manoeuvres

Democratic lawmakers who fled their state to stymie Republican plans to redraw political maps at the behest of President ...

Democrat says Texas "gerrymandering war" shows party's new fiery path

"It's imperative at this moment to use every tool that we have to fight back," Isaiah Martin, a candidate running in Texas's ...