You really are inspiring so many people,” the former vice president told Texas lawmaker Collier, who slept inside the state ...

The Texas House of Representatives is expected to vote Wednesday on a Republican-proposed redistricting map after Democratic ...

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

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

A Fort Worth lawmaker’s sit-in on the Texas House floor picked up steam late Tuesday as fellow Democrats flocked to her side ...

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 ...

Upon returning after a 15-day walkout, Texas House Democrats were asked for consent to be escorted off the floor by DPS ...

"The government is without any legal authority to detain members when a quorum is not needed to conduct business," reads the ...

The detainment of State Rep. Nicole Collier has drawn outrage and imagery of Black women's suffrage in America.

The standoff began on Monday, when Democratic members returned to the Capitol after being out of the state for more than two ...

Nicole Collier, a state representative, slept in the Capitol rather than agree to police surveillance imposed by Republicans after a Democratic walkout. “I am resisting,” she said.