Texas House Democrat Rep. Nicole Collier refuses police escort, stays in Capitol overnight to protest GOP redistricting plan.

Other Texas Democrats, including from DFW, joined Rep. Nicole Collier after they tore up their “permission slips” to leave ...

A Texas House Democrat was confined in the Capitol overnight after she refused a police escort that Republican leaders ...

The Fort Worth Democrat was confined in the Capitol overnight after refusing to be shadowed by state police, a requirement for lawmakers who had left the state.

After having fled the state over redistricting legislation, Democratic lawmakers had to agree to have security escorts to leave the chamber. Now, a number are refusing.

Several Texas Democrats joined state Rep. Nicole Collier (D) on Tuesday to protest new guidelines preventing party members from leaving the House chambers without a police escort and signed ...

The Texas State Capitol was cleared of visitors Tuesday evening and closed to the public after a social media threat, the ...

The standoff began on Monday, when Democratic members returned to the Capitol after being out of the state for more than two weeks due to a controversial redistricting map. Rep. Collier refused to ...

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.

The Texas Department of Public Safety evacuated protesters from the Texas Capitol on Tuesday after a reported possible threat ...

After Democrats spent several weeks delaying a vote, the Texas House is poised to vote on new congressional district that ...

A Democratic Texas state lawmaker who spent the night on the Texas House floor rather than accept a police escort slammed the GOP in an interview as Republicans try to move forward with their plan to ...