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Texas House passes redistricting in preliminary vote

AUSTIN, Texas (KLTV) - The Texas House has passed the bill for redistricting by an 88-52 vote in a preliminary vote. The vote comes after Democrats left the state to break quorom and avoid a vote. The House passed the bill in a second reading then adjourned for a few minutes to come back and vote again after a third reading.

Associated Press News on MSN · 2d

A look at Texas’ redistricting walkout and California’s response, by the numbers

A walkout by Democratic legislators in Texas has ended, and Republicans are arranging to push a plan for redrawing the state’s congressional districts through the GOP-controlled Legislature.

SFGate · 1d

Police escort Texas Democrats to prevent new redistricting walkout as California moves to retaliate

Texas Democrats have ended a two-week walkout that stalled efforts to redraw congressional districts as part of a national partisan brawl over President Donald Trump’s desire to reshape U.S.

Texas Democrat confined to Capitol

FOX 7 Austin on MSN · 19h

Four protesters arrested after refusing to leave Texas Capitol building

AUSTIN, Texas - Four protesters were arrested after refusing to leave the Texas Capitol grounds Monday night. According to Texas DPS, on August 18, the Texas State Senate adjourned at 10 p.m. and all visitors were told the Texas Capitol building would be closing at 10:30 p.m.

CBS News · 1d

Texas Democrat who refused a mandatory DPS escort says she is "not free to leave" the state Capitol

Democratic state Rep. Nicole Collier from Fort Worth returned to the Texas Capitol on Monday but says she remains locked inside the Capitol because she wouldn't sign a permission slip to be under escort by the Texas Department of Public Safety.

Yahoo · 22h

Fort Worth Democrat locked in Texas Capitol asks judge to intervene

Nicole Collier is asking a Travis County district judge to rule that she’s allowed to leave the Texas Capitol. The Fort Worth Democrat has been confined to Texas Capitol since Monday after refusing to sign a “permission slip” turning her over to Texas Department of Public Safety custody for monitoring.

Rep. Nicole Collier spends night on Texas House floor

Austin American-Statesman · 1d

Texas House Rep. Nicole Collier locked in chamber Monday night after refusing to sign GOP 'permission slip'

Upon returning after a 15-day walkout, Texas House Democrats were asked for consent to be escorted off the floor by DPS officers. Nicole Collier refused and was locked in the chamber Monday night.

The Texas Tribune on MSN · 1d

Rep. Nicole Collier spends night on Texas House floor after refusing police escort

Yahoo · 1d

Watch: Texas House Democrat Nicole Collier locked in Chamber overnight in protest

Texas House Democrat Nicole Collier spent the night at the state's Capitol, which she live streamed, after refusing to sign a pledge that she would return for a vote on redistricting. Her protest came after House Speaker Dustin Burrows announced that the Texas Democrats would not be allowed to leave the chambers until they signed a document promising to show up the following morning and that they would be forced to have police escorts back and forth.

The Texas Tribune on MSN14d

House Democrats helped Dustin Burrows win the gavel. Their departure from the state marks a pivotal moment for him.

The situation is an opportunity for the speaker to bolster his credibility with the right, but he has limited tools to combat ...

2don MSN

Houston Speaker Dustin Burrows announces a quorum is present

The quorum comes in the second special session. Speaker Burrows asked the doors be locked. Nine teens arrested after brutal ...

1don MSN

Multiple Texas Democrats will spend night inside Texas House ahead of proposed congressional map vote

Multiple Texas House Democrats will spend the night inside the Texas House chamber to protest law enforcement escorts that ...

After two weeks fleeing Texas, House Democrats return, quorum reached

After two weeks fleeing the state, many Texas House Democrats returned, and a quorum was reached on Monday. More than two ...

Courthouse News Service1d

Texas House Democrats met with police surveillance upon return to state Capitol after quorum break

Returning Democrats were met with restrictions to their movement, including being under the watchful eye of state police ...

KERA News7mon

Meet Dustin Burrows, Texas’ new House Speaker and one of the most ...

Burrows worked as an attorney before he was first elected to the Texas House of Representatives in 2014, taking the seat from current Republican Senator Charles Perry of Lubbock.

Dallas Morning News7mon

What to know about Dustin Burrows, the next speaker of the Texas House

State Rep. Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, speaks to his family on the opening day of the 89th Texas legislative session in Austin, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Stephen Spillman) ...

The New Republic on MSN1dOpinion

Texas Dems Resort to Wild Measure to Protest Fascist Surveillance

President Donald Trump has taken aim at MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace in a bizarre social media rant. The drama started when ...

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