Texas’ Republican attorney general and a GOP Illinois state senator filed a petition in more conservative Adams County rather than where Texas lawmakers are located in suburban Chicago.

Dozens of Texas Democrats have left the state for Illinois and New York to thwart a quorum needed to vote on new congressional maps that would give the GOP five more seats and consolidate President Donald Trump's power.

Texas pursues legal action to enlist Illinois assistance in apprehending Texas state Democratic lawmakers hunkered down in the Prairie State.