The bill is now headed to the Texas House for a vote on the floor; the House will begin with the bill on Monday, according to ...

In June 1870, 13 Texas senators walked out of the Capitol to block a bill giving the governor wartime powers, depriving the ...

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

Texas House Democrats left Austin for Chicago on Sunday in an attempt to prevent the state House from voting Monday on a ...

The GOP-dominated Texas House is set to vote Monday on a new congressional district map that would flip five U.S. representative seats from Democrat to Republican – solidifying the party’s majority in ...

A tower is Austin is set to take the title of Texas' tallest tower. FOX 7 got to check out the tower mid-construction.

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

Several Texas lawmakers left the state Sunday in order to block a Monday vote on redrawn congressional maps designed to add five Republican seats in the US House of Representatives.

Democrats have left Texas for a second time in four years in an effort to block a vote by denying the legislature a quorum.

In an extraordinary move brokered with Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, dozens of Texas House Democrats aim to deny a quorum as the GOP is set to draw new maps.

The move effectively brings the state House of Representatives to a standstill and prevents any consideration by the full ...

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