The lawmakers’ absence means the lower chamber won’t have enough members present to function, stalling passage of a draft map ...

Democratic statehouse legislators are planning to leave Texas on Sunday in order to break the quorum of a special legislative ...

A group of Democrats has fled Texas as part of an attempt to block a Donald Trump-backed redistricting plan that could ...

Texas Democrats have left the state in an attempt to prevent the state House from holding a vote Monday on new congressional maps that Republicans hope will net them several additional U.S. House seat ...

Texas Democrats are fleeing the state to prevent a vote on Monday that could see five new Republican-leaning seats created in ...

This corrupt special session is over,” said Democratic leader Gene Wu, less than a day before House Republicans are set to ...

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A Texas House panel on Saturday advanced a new congressional map as state Republicans power ahead with a strategy backed by ...

Texas House Democrats announced they left for Chicago in a last ditch effort to block the vote on Republicans' newly proposed ...

The new proposed lines would also prevent few, if any, opportunities for Democrats hoping that an aggressive gerrymander ...

Early reports indicate that some of the Democrats have fled to Chicago, others to Albany and Boston — all to cities in ...

AUSTIN, Texas (The Texas Tribune) - A Texas House panel on Saturday advanced a draft congressional map aimed at adding five ...