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The solicitor general of Texas has filed a petition with the Texas Supreme Court in a lawsuit filed by Gov. Greg Abbott while ...

The situation is an opportunity for the speaker to bolster his credibility with the right, but he has limited tools to combat ...

The bold choice to “break quorum” will inevitably delay, but not halt, legislation that the Dems actually want to pass, like ...

Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin said his group is putting its full weight to help Texas Democrats, who left ...

Texas Republican lawmakers returned to the Capitol without Democrats, who fled to block a vote on a GOP-drawn congressional map.

Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows called the chamber into session for a second day, but again lacked a quorum, with Democrats were absent in protest of redistricting proposals that flip five ...

Texas Democrats prevented their state’s House of Representatives from moving forward, at least for now, with a redrawn ...

More than 50 Texas House Democratic lawmakers left the state ahead of a scheduled 3 p.m. vote in the Texas House Monday.

Texas House of Representatives Speaker Dustin Burrows discusses the state of the redistricting bill that would add five more ...

South Texas: The districts currently held by U.S. Reps. Henry Cuellar of Laredo and Vicente Gonzalez of McAllen would become ...

Texas Democrats refused to return for legislative business, prompting Republicans to give them an ultimatum: Come back or lose your job.