The news came as Lopez and dozens of fellow Democrats returned to the House floor after a two-week quorum break to block GOP ...

Democratic state Rep. Nicole Collier says she remains locked in the House chamber because she wouldn't sign a permission slip ...

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The Texas House Democratic Caucus announced Aug. 18 that its members refused to return to work until Republicans adjourned its first special session in the state House on Aug. 14, and California moved ...

Texas Democrats who left the state to block a redistricting vote have returned to Austin, ending a two-week quorum break and allowing the Republican-controlled House to move forward with its ...

Dozens of Democrats are returning to Texas, ending a two-week impasse with Texas Republicans over efforts to redistrict the ...

Following Texas Democratic lawmakers’ return on Monday, President Donald Trump urged the state legislature to move quickly to pass a highly controversial redistricting bill "ASAP." ...

Rep. J.D. Scholten said in a statement he was suspending his campaign and endorsing Democratic Rep. Josh Turek, who launched ...

Texas Democrats have ended a weeks long walkout that forced a special session to end without approval of new congressional ...

Republicans can move ahead with redrawing Texas’ congressional districts now that Democratic lawmakers have returned to the ...

A federal appeals court has upheld a law strengthening the rights of pregnant workers, vacating a judge’s earlier order that ...