Republicans in the Texas House forced returning Democrats to sign what the Democrats called “permission slips,” agreeing to ...

Texas Republicans now face a clear path to redraw the state’s congressional maps after state House Democrats ended their ...

The House speaker ordered chamber doors locked, and democratic lawmakers now need written permission to leave.

Democratic Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier spent the night 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.

The Texas GOP’s hugely controversial push to draw five new U.S. House seats, thereby ejecting Democrats and protecting the ...