You really are inspiring so many people,” the former vice president told Texas lawmaker Collier, who slept inside the state ...

GOP leadership required Democrats to consent to a police escort in order to leave the building. Collier chose to stay instead ...

The Fort Worth Democrat was confined in the Capitol overnight after refusing to be shadowed by state police, a requirement ...

"The government is without any legal authority to detain members when a quorum is not needed to conduct business," reads the ...

Texas Republicans mandated that Democratic lawmakers not be allowed to leave the state house without a permission slip and a ...

A Texas House member from Fort Worth prepares to spend another night inside the Capitol in a political showdown over the ...

A Fort Worth lawmaker’s sit-in on the Texas House floor picked up steam late Tuesday as fellow Democrats flocked to her side ...

The Fort Worth Democrat refused to sign a permission slip that allowed quorum-breaking lawmakers to leave the Capitol while ...

Upon returning after a 15-day walkout, Texas House Democrats were asked for consent to be escorted off the floor by DPS ...

The detainment of State Rep. Nicole Collier has drawn outrage and imagery of Black women's suffrage in America.

A Democratic state lawmaker who fled Texas in protest of a GOP redistricting effort is asking a court to let her exit the Capitol, after she was told she needs a police escort to leave the building.

“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 ...