SMU political science professor Matthew Wilson explains the rarely enforced rules being applied during this second special ...

Activists protest the confinement of Rep. Nicole Collier (D-Fort Worth) outside the House Chamber at the Texas Capitol Austin ...

Texas Republicans mandated that Democratic lawmakers not be allowed to leave the state house without a permission slip and a ...

Kamala Harris thanks Texas Democrats for standing up for the people during a redistricting fight. Democrats face a GOP ...

A Fort Worth lawmaker’s sit-in on the Texas House floor picked up steam late Tuesday as fellow Democrats flocked to her side ...

Texas House Democrats are 'ripping the slip' to show solidarity with state Rep. Nicole Collier ahead of Wednesday's vote on ...

A Democratic state lawmaker who fled Texas in protest of a GOP redistricting effort is asking a court to let her exit the Capitol, after she was told she needs a police escort to leave the building.

Sam Parker wears an outfit from "The Handmaid's Tale" as she protests the confinement of Rep. Nicole Collier, D-Fort Worth, ...

A Democratic Texas state lawmaker who spent the night on the Texas House floor rather than accept a police escort slammed the ...

A Texas Democrat has stayed overnight at the state Capitol to protest how the Texas House’s top Republican had dozens of her ...

Republicans required their Democratic peers to have an escort to ensure they returned to the chamber on Wednesday following ...