Texas Democrats have fled the state to halt the legislature's progress on enacting a new congressional map that would favor Republicans.

Speaker Dustin Burrows gaveled in the Texas House Friday and no quorum was reached after the fifth day. One hundred state ...

The newspaper criticized Abbott for his response to Democratic lawmakers fleeing the state in protest of the legislature's ...

Texas Democrats faced a deadline of Friday at 2 p.m. ET to return to special session, but remained in place after Paxton said a lawsuit was filed to remove 13 of them from office.

In court papers filed Friday, the Democrats argued that their quorum-breaking tactic is an affirmation of their legislative duties, not an abdication of it.

Greg Abbott on Tuesday asked the Texas Supreme Court to remove Houston Rep. Gene Wu, chair of the House Democratic Caucus, from office, an unprecedented escalation in Republicans’ efforts to resume ...

El Paso state Reps. Vince Perez and Claudia Ordaz said the Texas Department of Public Safety are acting excessively in ...

If you believe one party is more virtuous than the other in this blood sport, you might also believe that Las Vegas casinos ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is asking the state's highest court to vacate the seats of more than a dozen Texas House ...

DALLAS — Texas Republicans are taking extraordinary measures to quell a quorum break by House Democrats designed to kill congressional redistricting. The tough approach includes the following: —Gov.

Gov. Greg Abbott previously asked the court to expel Rep. Gene Wu, the House Democratic leader. Paxton disputed the ...

(The Center Square) – The Texas House of Representatives has sued 33 House Democrats who absconded to Illinois to prevent a vote on Congressional redistricting efforts in the Lone Star State.