The House speaker ordered chamber doors locked, and democratic lawmakers now need written permission to leave.

The standoff with Democratic Rep. Nicole Collier comes as the Texas legislature moves forward with new congressional maps.

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

The quorum comes in the second special session. Speaker Burrows asked the doors be locked. Nine teens arrested after brutal ...

After two weeks fleeing the state, many Texas House Democrats returned, and a quorum was reached on Monday. More than two ...

Now that the Texas House has a quorum following Democrats’ two-week absence, lawmakers are back to debate a wide range of ...

Texas Democratic Rep. Nicole Collier grabbed her bonnet and pillow to sleep on the state floor in protest to having police tracking her.

A walkout by Democratic legislators in Texas has ended, and Republicans are arranging to push a plan for redrawing the ...

Democratic State Representative Nicole Collier spent the night on the Texas House floor, refusing to comply with an order from Speaker Dustin Bu ...

State Rep. Nicole Collier said she would not fall in line with the GOP House speaker's requirement that Democratic lawmakers ...

Civil arrest warrants remain in place for lawmakers who remain out of state, Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows said.

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