The effort is intended to help the G.O.P. win five more U.S. House seats in the midterm elections. Other states, red and blue ...

Senators moved fast on Gov. Greg Abbott’s agenda for the second special session. With House Democrats back in Texas, bills ...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas Democrat opted to stay in the state House chamber overnight and into Tuesday rather than allow a ...

The Democratic lawmakers have been in Illinois since Aug. 3 to avoid a vote on the remap during a special legislative session ...

The news came as Lopez and dozens of fellow Democrats returned to the House floor after a two-week quorum break to block GOP ...

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A second special session that has made approving the map a priority started Friday, shortly after the first one ended.

Texas House Democrats are expected to return to the Legislature on Monday after denying a quorum for two weeks.

Texas senators approved several bills Monday, one of which included another attempt at blocking hemp-derived THC products.

Texas Republicans are moving closer to approving new congressional maps amid a Democratic show of protest over the GOP House ...

More than 20 bills that would restrict restroom use for transgender people have been proposed since 2015, but their language ...

Senate Bill 8 would require people to use restrooms and locker rooms that match their sex assigned at birth in public schools ...