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

The gambit has triggered a national redistricting war, with governors of both parties threatening to initiate similar efforts in other states.

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

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

On Monday, Republicans in the Texas House forced returning Democrats to sign what the Democrats called “permission slips,” agreeing to around-the-clock surveillance by state Department of Public ...

There’s also Ken Paxton’s silly suit against Beto O’Rourke. Every time you think it can’t get any worse, just wait a minute.

Texas Democrats are joining a colleague who can't leave the state Capitol because she won't agree to having law enforcement ...

Rep. Nicole Collier is refusing to sign an order requiring a DPS escort in the Texas House redistricting battle, drawing ...

Multiple Texas House Democrats will spend the night inside the Texas House chamber to protest law enforcement escorts that ...

Collier stayed on the House floor overnight Monday, sleeping in the chamber alongside two other lawmakers, House Democratic Caucus Chair State Rep. Gene Wu (D-Houston) and State Rep. Vince Perez (D-El ...

The state representative returned to Austin this week for a second special session after leaving to break quorum in the last session. She didn’t expect she’d end up sleeping in the House chambers.