The Republican-controlled Texas legislature is expected to pass a new congressional map creating five new winnable seats for the GOP.

Texas Republicans are likely to pass their redistricting plans on Wednesday following weeks of Democrat protests

AUSTIN, Texas — On Wednesday, the Texas House discussed a controversial redistricting bill after hours of debate in Austin. Debate on the House floor began at 10 a.m. with Democrats doing all they could to slow down the passage of the maps, which could ...

Democratic Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier has now spent over 24 hours on the Texas House floor in protest after refusing a Republican demand to be placed under the watch of the state Department of Public Safety.

Texas Democratic legislator Nicole Collier says she will remain locked in the Austin statehouse chamber until the House reconvenes Wednesday morning, the latest development in the two-week saga involving a redrawing of Texas’ congressional map.

This is just my way of resisting,” said Texas state representative Nicole Collier after Republicans ordered Democrats to be monitored by police if they left the statehouse again.

The Texas House of Representatives is expected to vote Wednesday on a Republican-proposed redistricting map after Democratic lawmakers returned to the state this week. One lawmaker, State Rep. Nicole Collier,