A Democratic Texas lawmaker has chosen to spend the night in the state House chamber to avoid being shadowed by law ...

Lawmakers focused first on flood-related bills Monday night and tackled other legislation including a THC ban, property taxes ...

The Democratic lawmakers have been in Illinois since Aug. 3 to avoid a vote on the remap during a special legislative session ...

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A second special session that has made approving the map a priority started Friday, as soon as the first one ended.

Their return will allow the Republican-run Legislature to proceed as California Democrats' advance a counter-effort to redraw ...

The news came as Lopez and dozens of fellow Democrats returned to the House floor after a two-week quorum break to block GOP ...

The Texas Senate could move the GOP’s redistricting plan forward in the next few days after the redistricting panel advanced ...

Texas House Democrats are expected to return to the Legislature on Monday after denying a quorum for two weeks.

Senator John Cornyn and Attorney General Ken Paxton are vying to be the tougher candidate on Democratic lawmakers who left ...

When Texas was admitted to the Union in 1845, one of the unusual concessions was a condition that allows the state to split ...