Governor Gregg Abbott ordered state troopers to find and arrest those Democrats who left the state. But lawmakers dismissing those threats as state authorities are beyond their jurisdiction. Abbott ...

Shortly after the vote, Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott said he ordered the Texas Department of Public Safety to find and arrest the Democrats who fled the state, an order which will remain in ...

"Real Texans do not run from a fight. But that’s exactly what most of the Texas House Democrats just did," Gov. Greg Abbott said in response to Dems breaking quorum.

The Republican-led move is sheerly symbolic, since the warrants are useless outside Texas and the departed Dems are now in ...

President Trump argued that Republicans are “entitled” to pick up five additional House seats in Texas as state GOP officials try to advance a new congressional district map ahead of the midterms ...

On Tuesday morning, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott threatened to arrest Democratic lawmakers who fled to Illinois to block a ...

The Texas quorum-breakers met Monday in west suburban Warrenville alongside Illinois and Texas Congress members to denounce ...

Most Texas House Democrats remain out of the state, depriving the Legislature of its ability to pass new congressional maps ...

Democratic lawmakers left a special session in the Lone Star State in effort to block a vote on a Republican congressional ...

Texas Democrats fled their state over the weekend to prevent a special session of the legislature from attaining a quorum.

Texas Democrats grapple with legal, political, and personal pressure as they protest Republican efforts to rewrite the state's congressional map before next year’s elections. Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) ...