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

The grounds were cleared after 7 p.m. as a demonstration was about to begin but lawmakers and staff members were allowed to ...

The Capitol grounds were closed as protesters gathered in support of Rep. Nicole Collier, who is staying on the House floor ...

Californians had their first chance Tuesday to tell lawmakers how they feel about a partisan plan to win Democrats more U.S. House seats by making a new political map in response to a Republican redis ...

Democratic state Rep. Nicole Collier refused to come to the Texas state Capitol for two weeks. Now she won’t leave, and ...

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 ...

Collier stayed on the House floor overnight, sleeping in the chamber, alongside two other lawmakers, House Democratic Caucus ...

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

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

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

The state representative returned to Austin this week for a second special session after leaving to break quorum in the last session. She didn’t expect she’d end up sleeping in the House chambers.