On Tuesday, Texas Representative Nicole Collier chose to sleep on the floor of the State House rather than be subject to draconian 24-7 state trooper surveillance if she were to leave. Now, on ...

The first domino in a growing national redistricting battle is likely to fall Wednesday as the Republican-controlled Texas legislature is expected to pass a new congressional map creating five new ...

A Texas Democratic state lawmaker abruptly left a call with Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chair Ken Martin and other top party leaders on Wednesday after she was warned she was committing a ...

The gambit has triggered a national redistricting war, with governors of both parties threatening to initiate similar efforts in other states.

The state House has reconvened on Wednesday as GOP lawmakers in the Lone Star State look to push ahead with a newly redrawn ...

Rewrite history, restrict the vote, silence dissent, consolidate power. It is the playbook of strongmen the world over.

Follow here for the latest updates as the Texas House debates President Donald Trump's plan to gerrymander five new GOP ...

Other Texas Democrats, including from DFW, joined Rep. Nicole Collier after they tore up their “permission slips” to leave ...

State Rep. Nicole Collier, joined by her Democratic colleagues, spent the last two nights sleeping in the House chamber at the Capitol in Austin.

Democrats said Republicans in the Texas House crossed a line by detaining them en masse and then assigning state troopers to trail them everywhere they go.

After Democrats spent several weeks delaying a vote, the Texas House is poised to vote on new congressional district that ...