After House Democrats absconded for more than two weeks in opposition to a Congressional redistricting bill, the Texas House on Wednesday passed the bill by a vote of 88-52. It was passed after ...

The standoff began on Monday, when Democratic members returned to the Capitol after being out of the state for more than two ...

The vote overcame weeks of protests from House Democrats who fled the state to stall a vote on the mid-cycle redistricting.

The awkward moment happened just hours before the redistricting plan passed the Texas State House and was praised by Donald ...

House Bill 4 advances to the Senate after Democrats return from a quorum-breaking walkout. Republicans aim to reshape the ...

A Texas House Democrat was confined in the Capitol overnight after she refused a police escort that Republican leaders imposed on lawmakers who participated in a two-week walkout over a GOP mid-decade ...

The potential court challenge would argue HB 4 amounts to unconstitutional gerrymandering, silencing minority and Democratic ...

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

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Abbott's push for the new legislation comes just weeks after Texas Democrats left the state for Chicago, Boston, and Albany, ...

Gov. Greg Abbott added three new items to the Texas special session agenda. The items include new penalties for lawmakers who ...

Texas' Republican-led legislature is expected to approve new congressional maps that add five new House seats that the GOP ...