The news came as Lopez and dozens of fellow Democrats returned to the House floor after a two-week quorum break to block GOP ...

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Democratic state Rep. Nicole Collier says she remains locked in the House chamber because she wouldn't sign a permission slip ...

Texas Democrats ended a two-week walkout Monday that stalled Republican efforts to redraw congressional districts as part of ...

Republicans can move ahead with redrawing Texas’ congressional districts now that Democratic lawmakers have returned to the ...

Texas House Democrats are expected to return to the Legislature on Monday after denying a quorum for two weeks.

A second special session that has made approving the map a priority started Friday, as soon as the first one ended.

The Texas Senate could move the GOP’s redistricting plan forward in the next few days after the redistricting panel advanced ...

Texas Senate approves Republican-drawn redistricting maps in 19-2 vote as nine Democrats walk out in protest while House ...

Senator John Cornyn and Attorney General Ken Paxton are vying to be the tougher candidate on Democratic lawmakers who left ...

The Texas Senate voted 19-2 along party lines on Tuesday to approve a congressional redistricting map that is identical to a ...