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

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

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

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

Texas House Democrats left the state Sunday to prevent a vote on the Republican effort backed by President Donald Trump to ...

Virtually all legislative or governmental bodies, from your local school board to Congress, have a quorum rule.

In a dramatic escalation of opposition to redistricting efforts led by Republicans in Texas, the Texas Senate Democratic ...

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

Some Republican-controlled states are moving to redraw legislative maps to pad their party's narrow House majority in ...

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

The move effectively brings the state House of Representatives to a standstill and prevents any consideration by the full chamber of HB 4, which would dramatically redraw Texas’ congressional maps.

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