Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows has said the chamber will reconvene at 2 p.m. ET (1 p.m. CT) to move ahead with ...

Texas House of Representatives House Speaker Dustin Burrows gavels in on the fourth day legislators lacked a quorum because ...

Texas Democrats again defied Republican Gov. Greg Abbott and the state GOP and did not show up Friday for a vote on a ...

"These cowards deliberately sabotaged the constitutional process and violated the oath they swore to uphold," Paxton said in ...

More than 50 Texas Democratic legislators left the state to block a GOP effort to redraw congressional lines. Abbott said ...

Dustin Burrows suspends direct deposits for lawmakers who left the state, intensifying pressure to restore quorum during ...

WASHINGTON, Aug 7 (Reuters) - The FBI has agreed to help track down Democratic Texas lawmakers who fled their state to thwart ...

"It's one thing to fight against my community and try to silence us. It's a whole ‘nother thing if we just lay down and take ...

After leaving Texas for Illinois to prevent a legislative vote on a Republican redistricting plan, state House Democratic ...

After the Texas House failed to make a quorum on Tuesday, Texas Democrats were told to return to Austin by Friday​ or face ...

The Texas House of Representatives failed to meet a quorum on Friday as Democratic lawmakers continued their walkout to block ...

The attempt by Texas Republicans to gerrymander more GOP legislative districts could backfire and deliver the party ...