Democratic Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier spent the night on the Texas House floor in protest after refusing a Republican ...

A person holds a sign, as protesters begin lining the area near the House chamber before a session as Democratic lawmakers, ...

The standoff with Democratic Rep. Nicole Collier comes as the Texas legislature moves forward with new congressional maps.

Democratic state Rep. Nicole Collier spent the night in the Texas Capitol building rather than agree to a police monitor amid ...

Now that the Texas House has a quorum following Democrats’ two-week absence, lawmakers are back to debate a wide range of ...

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

AUSTIN, Texas — For the first time in two weeks, a quorum was met in the Texas House after many Democrats returned to Austin.

A state lawmaker from North Texas slept on the Texas House floor on Monday night after refusing a Republican-mandated state trooper escort. State Rep. Nicole Collier said she “refuses to sign away her ...

The House speaker ordered chamber doors locked, and democratic lawmakers now need written permission to leave.

Nicole Collier had refused to sign a “permission slip” to leave the chamber. Most of her Democratic colleagues complied.

A walkout by Democratic legislators in Texas has ended, and Republicans are arranging to push a plan for redrawing the ...

The quorum comes in the second special session. Speaker Burrows asked the doors be locked. Nine teens arrested after brutal ...