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Texas AG says he's filed suit to remove 13 absent state Democrats from office in redistricting fight
Texas Democrats geared up for another day of defiance against Gov. Greg Abbott and the state GOP as they try to move forward ...
How Texas Democrats’ walkout has launched a fight across the US over political maps
Texas Republicans have escalated the penalties against Democrats as they enter a second week camped out in states across the ...
Texas AG Ken Paxton files lawsuit in California to enforce arrests of absent House Democrats
AUSTIN, Texas — Ken Paxton is asking that California law enforcement officers be allowed to arrest Texas House Democrats who ...
The FBI has been asked to help locate Texas House Democrats. One state lawmaker says officials would be breaking the law
The chair of the Texas House Democratic caucus remained defiant Thursday in the face of one US senator’s bid to enlist the ...
Texas Democrats plea for donations to extend their walkout and block Trump's redistricting plan
Texas Democratic lawmakers who left the state to block a Republican plan for congressional redistricting are pleading for ...
Judge blocks Beto O'Rourke's group from aiding Democrats who fled Texas
Powered by People filed a responding suit against Paxton, claiming the attorney general's investigation violated the group's ...
Finances weigh on Texas Democrats as costs of their quorum break add up
The legislators who fled the state face a daily fine, but they have also left behind their day jobs in Texas to grind the ...
Texas Republicans ask Illinois court to order arrest of House Democrats who fled state as part of remap battle
Texas’ Republican attorney general and a GOP Illinois state senator filed a petition in more conservative Adams County rather ...
'Pack a toothbrush. Pack hair spray.' How the Texas Democrats are living on the run
Texas Democrats packed their bags and made plans to be out of the state for weeks. Some are missing big events, like their ...