Several Texas Democrats joined state Rep. Nicole Collier (D) on Tuesday to protest new guidelines preventing party members from leaving the House chambers without a police escort and signed agreement.

Several Texas state House Democrats ripped up the written agreements that allowed them to leave the chamber with a police escort and returned to the House floor Tuesday night, the caucus announced.

The Texas State Capitol was cleared of visitors Tuesday evening and closed to the public after a social media threat, the Texas Department of Public Safety said.

Collier remained held in the lower legislative chamber on Monday after refusing to sign a slip that would have permitted a Department of Public Safety officer to shadow her around and outside of the Capitol—surveillance that House Speaker Dustin Burrows subjected Democrats who broke quorum to protest redistricting upon their return.

Texas Republicans are likely to pass their redistricting plans on Wednesday following weeks of Democrat protests

Texas' Camp East Montana, the latest and largest of the migrant detention centers being opened across the country, is being met with criticism from immigration advocates.

A meeting held by the True Texas Project at the Holiday Inn in Vidor sparked a counter-protest on Tuesday night. The group gathered to discuss co

At a Fight the Trump Takeover rally in Millennium Park, Rep. Gene Wu, the Texas House minority leader, accuses the state's GOP of trying to rig the system and says his colleagues who fled the state are trying to stop Republicans from taking away everyone's voting rights.