Texas Democratic lawmakers who left the state to block a Republican plan for congressional redistricting are pleading for ...

Republican Gov. Greg Abbott claimed that he had heard that the FBI will search for Texas House Democrats who left the state ...

Is Gene Wu back in China?” state Sen. Mayes Middleton, a Galveston Republican, posted on X on Monday — the first day the ...

The proposal would put tighter limits on how much property tax revenue cities and counties of a certain size can collect each ...

Texas Democrats may have bought their party some time with their walkout, but both parties are mobilizing to redraw U.S.

Texas Democrats in Boston to protest GOP redistricting bill say they're "not fleeing" The Texas redistricting battle landed ...

While House Democrats remain absent from their legislative responsibilities, the Texas Senate continues to pass bills on the ...

Rep. Katrina Pierson says Democrats who fled the state to block redistricting votes should face consequences, as Gov. Abbott ...

Texas Senate Bill 7 would require people to use restrooms that match their birth gender and fine institutions up to $25,000 ...

This is not the first time lawmakers have fled the Texas State Capitol avoid voting on a measure they disagreed with.

Texas Democrats in the state legislature left for Illinois, New York and Massachusetts to deny Republicans a quorum to redistrict congressional maps. Republicans are seeking to redraw boundaries to ...

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