The bills deal with installing early warning sirens, volunteer management and local emergency management credentials.

Texas Democratic lawmakers who left the state to block a Republican plan for congressional redistricting are pleading for ...

Sen. John Cornyn and state Attorney General Ken Paxton have been competing to show that they’re supporting Trump and fighting ...

Over 1,000 people filed into the Ridglea Theatre on Saturday, putting on their “I’m so gonna vote” stickers to hear Beto O’Rourke speak out against what he called President Donald Trump’s “power grab.

House Democrats in red states across the country are at risk as the redistricting arms race heats up. Texas Republicans’ ...

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O'Rourke's Powered by People group has become a top funder for Democrats who broke quorum to prevent a vote on the maps, but ...

Legislative activity continues to stall at the Capitol after more than 50 Texas House Democrats fled the state to block a ...

A politician who values presence over power would lean in to the experiences of her constituents, and she would bring their ...

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Away from their families and regular jobs, Texas Democrats, most of whom are hunkered down in a suburb about an hour west of Chicago, are facing $500-per-day fines, civil arrest warrants and threats ...

Texas Democrats packed their bags and made plans to be out of the state for weeks. Some are missing big events, like their ...