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It’s been eight days and the majority of Texas House Democrats are still out of state

State Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican with hopes to get elected to the U.S. Senate next year, has filed a lawsuit ...

Texas House fails to reach quorum as Democratic walkout hits sixth day

Texas Republicans need a quorum to pass new congressional maps that would send more Republicans to the U.S. House of ...

Stalemate in Texas House continues. Here’s how it ended previously

The events in Austin to stop a Texas redistricting are not happening for the first time. In 2003, Democrats had no way of ...

Texas Democrats face a “complicated” long game

Members of the Texas House earn only $600 a month, meaning most members maintain a full-time job in addition to their political work — jobs that Texas Democrats will have to stay away from as long as ...

Texas Republicans ask Illinois court to order arrest of House Democrats who fled state as part of remap battle

Texas’ Republican attorney general and a GOP Illinois state senator filed a petition in more conservative Adams County rather ...

The FBI has been asked to help locate Texas House Democrats. One state lawmaker says officials would be breaking the law

The chair of the Texas House Democratic caucus remained defiant Thursday in the face of one US senator’s bid to enlist the ...

Texas AG Ken Paxton files lawsuit in California to enforce arrests of absent House Democrats

AUSTIN, Texas — Ken Paxton is asking that California law enforcement officers be allowed to arrest Texas House Democrats who ...

Texas governor says redistricting fight could go on for years

Republicans’ move to redraw U.S. House maps in Texas to benefit their party has set off a nationwide battle over ...