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

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

Texas House Democrats are 'ripping the slip' to show solidarity with state Rep. Nicole Collier ahead of Wednesday's vote on ...

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

Other Democratic lawmakers have joined a colleague in staying at the Texas Capitol rather than accept around-the-clock police ...

Republicans in the Texas House forced returning Democrats to around-the-clock surveillance by state Department of Public ...

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

State Rep. Nicole Collier of Fort Worth is the only Democrat who refused Republican leaders’ orders to sign a permission slip ...

The Fort Worth Democrat refused to sign a permission slip that allowed quorum-breaking lawmakers to leave the Capitol while ...

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

A Democratic Texas state lawmaker who spent the night on the Texas House floor rather than accept a police escort slammed the ...