Republicans in the Texas House forced returning Democrats to sign what the Democrats called “permission slips,” agreeing to ...

Texas Democrat Nicole Collier said she won’t sign “permission slip” to leave the chamber, which would require accepting round ...

State Representative Nicole Collier plans to stay in the Texas Capitol until Wednesday in protest against a police escort policy.

Texas Democrats ended a two-week walkout Monday that stalled Republican efforts to redraw congressional districts as part of ...

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

House Speaker Dustin Burrows said Monday that Democrats who previously left the state could not leave the chamber unless they agreed to having a DPS escort. Collier refused one and must remain in the ...

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

House Democrats returned to the Texas Capitol on Monday, bringing an end to a two-week quorum break in protest against a bill that would change the state’s congressional maps to add five ...

Texas House Democrats who fled their state to stall a Republican redistricting effort returned on Monday, ending their 15-day holdout.

Texas Democrats are back in Austin after they broke quorum two weeks ago in protest of the state's redistricting plan. State ...

Democrats in the Texas Legislature who had left the state to halt an aggressive redistricting returned to Texas and ended their two-week walkout Monday, opening the way for Republicans to pass a ...