The Texas House gaveled in at noon with Democratic members present, marking an official end to the quorum break.

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

The vote will take place after Democrats returned to the House Monday, which established a quorum for the first time in two weeks.

A 34-year-old Plano man has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for the fatal beating and strangulation of his mother, the ...

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.

Thousands of Massachusetts state employees working remotely, at least part of the time. But is it preventing businesses and ...

Republican state legislators have filed an emergency petition with the California Supreme Court to put a Democratic-led ...

After Democrats returned to the Texas statehouse, Republican leadership assigned law enforcement officers to monitor them to ...

Texas lawmakers are set to vote as early as Wednesday on state Republicans' controversial congressional redistricting map.

Parts of the Texas Capitol grounds were evacuated and closed to visitors on Tuesday evening after reports of an active shooter threat.The building itself was s ...

Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier spent the night in the Austin statehouse and plans to stay there until Wednesday's session ...

David Nunez nearly quit the Texas State football team four times. But as a redshirt senior, the former walk-on finally earned ...