Republicans in the Texas House forced returning Democrats to sign what the Democrats called “permission slips,” agreeing to ...

The Texas House is set to vote on a congressional redistricting plan that could be crucial for Republicans to hold control of ...

Texas House Democrat Rep. Nicole Collier refuses police escort, stays in Capitol overnight to protest GOP redistricting plan.

Other Texas Democrats, including from DFW, joined Rep. Nicole Collier after they tore up their “permission slips” to leave ...

A Texas House Democrat was confined in the Capitol overnight after she refused a police escort that Republican leaders ...

The Fort Worth Democrat was confined in the Capitol overnight after refusing to be shadowed by state police, a requirement for lawmakers who had left the state.

Rep. Nicole Collier's refusal to accept an ordered police escort gains support from her Democratic Party colleagues via a grand gesture.

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 ...

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

Texas' Republican-led legislature is expected to approve new congressional maps that add five new House seats that the GOP ...

Locking Rep. Nicole Collier inside the chamber is beyond outrageous,” said Texas Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett. “Forcing ...

Nicole Collier started it when she refused to sign what Democrats ... The trooper assignments, ordered by Republican House Speaker Dustin Burrows, was another escalation of a redistricting battle that ...