You really are inspiring so many people,” the former vice president told Texas lawmaker Collier, who slept inside the state ...

The Capitol grounds were cleared after 7 p.m. as a demonstration against a GOP redistricting plan was about to begin. Texas ...

GOP leadership required Democrats to consent to a police escort in order to leave the building. Collier chose to stay instead ...

The Texas State Capitol was cleared of visitors Tuesday evening and closed to the public after a social media threat, the ...

Texas Republicans assigned law enforcement to escort specific Democrats to and from the statehouse after dozens left to block ...

Texas Republicans are moving closer to approving new congressional maps amid a Democratic show of protest over the GOP House ...

Nicole Collier, a state representative, slept in the Capitol rather than agree to police surveillance imposed by Republicans ...

After Democrats returned to the Texas statehouse, Republican leadership assigned law enforcement officers to monitor them to ...

A state lawmaker has refused to leave the Texas Capitol as Republicans use police to prevent Democrats from fleeing the state ...

The Fort Worth Democrat refused to sign a permission slip that allowed quorum-breaking lawmakers to leave the Capitol while ...

"The government is without any legal authority to detain members when a quorum is not needed to conduct business," reads the ...

The Fort Worth Democrat was confined in the Capitol overnight after refusing to be shadowed by state police, a requirement ...