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Rep. Nicole Collier camps out in House chamber in Democrats' last stand against GOP redistricting
Sam Parker wears an outfit from "The Handmaid's Tale" as she protests the confinement of Rep. Nicole Collier, D-Fort Worth, outside the House Chamber at the Texas Capitol in Austin, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025. (Mikala Compton/Austin American-Statesman via AP)
Texas Democratic Rep. remains locked inside House chamber after not signing slip for a DPS escort
Rep. Nicole Collier, of Fort Worth, returned to the Capitol Monday, but remains in the House chamber because she wouldn’t sign a permission slip to be under escort by Texas DPS. The escort for all House Democrats who broke quorum is a guarantee that they will return to the House by 10 a.
Fort Worth Democrat Nicole Collier refused to sign the permission slip Monday that allow her to leave only if she is shadowed ...
Other Texas Democrats, including from DFW, joined Rep. Nicole Collier after they tore up their “permission slips” to leave ...
Rep. Nicole Collier is asking a Travis County district judge to rule that she’s allowed to leave the Texas Capitol. The Fort ...
The standoff began on Monday, when Democratic members returned to the Capitol after being out of the state for more than two ...
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Fort Worth Rep. Nicole Collier to spend a second night on the House floor joined by other Democrats
Rep. Nicole Collier is refusing to sign an order requiring a DPS escort in the Texas House redistricting battle, drawing support from fellow Democrats.
“Way to go Rep Collier!” Rep. Marc Veasey, a Fort Worth Democrat, said in a post on X. “Don’t sign the slip! This is why we ...
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.
State Rep. Nicole Collier can’t leave the Texas Capitol building because she won’t sign a paper agreeing to a state police ...
Texas Republicans mandated that Democratic lawmakers not be allowed to leave the state house without a permission slip and a ...
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Is this legal? A look at why North Texas Democratic Rep. Nicole Collier remains in state Capitol
A Texas House member from Fort Worth prepares to spend another night inside the Capitol in a political showdown over the ...
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