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Texas Republicans insisted that Democrats have around-the-clock police escorts to ensure they wouldn’t leave again.
A Democratic state lawmaker who fled Texas in protest of a GOP redistricting effort is asking a court to let her exit the Capitol, after she was told she needs a police escort to leave the building.
Texas Republicans mandated that Democratic lawmakers not be allowed to leave the state house without a permission slip and a ...
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.
Parts of the Texas Capitol grounds were evacuated and closed to visitors on Tuesday evening after reports of an active shooter threat.The building itself was s ...
"They said it's a felony for me to do this. Apparently I can't be on the floor or in the bathroom," Nicole Collier said.
Nicole Collier is being courageous in the face of authoritarianism, but what’s happening to her a story of “resistance.” ...
Other Texas Democrats, including from DFW, joined Rep. Nicole Collier after they tore up their “permission slips” to leave ...