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

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

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Democrats ended a two-week walkout Monday that stalled Republican efforts to redraw congressional ...

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

A California legislative hearing turned into a shouting match Tuesday as a Republican lawmaker clashed with Democrats over a ...

Democratic state Representative Nicole Collier spent the night in the Texas Capitol building rather than agree to a police monitor amid a contentious partisan struggle over redistricting that is part ...

Legislators, taxpayers and others debated passionately Tuesday for several hours as Democratic-led election committees in the ...

As a part of the ongoing protests, one Houston representative spent the night at the Capitol, while another remains out of state.

A campaign to reform state-level redistricting, with backing from former federal officials and well-connected election ...

Trump has required loyalty from all levels of his administration and demanded that the Department of Justice follow his directives. One of those was to probe ActBlue, an online portal that raised ...

A person has been taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries after being shot multiple times Tuesday afternoon, according to the Sacramento Sheriff's Office. It happened in the 5900 block of ...