The Texas Department of Public Safety evacuated protesters from the Texas Capitol on Tuesday after a reported possible threat against lawmakers closed the building and surrounding grounds.

The Capitol grounds were closed as protesters gathered in support of Rep. Nicole Collier, who is staying on the House floor in protest.

Protestors had gathered at the Capitol building to support state Rep. Nicole Collier (D), who slept on the House floor rather than agreeing to a police escort.

Parents of the young girls who died at Camp Mystic will testify about camp safety on Wednesday as the Texas special session continues. They will appear at a joint committee hearing focused on identifying what may have gone wrong in the July 4th flooding in the Texas Hill Country.

When floodwaters rushed through a girl’s summer camp nestled in Hill Country, Michael McCown’s 8-year-old daughter was among 27 campers and

A trio of Texas Democrats slept overnight in the state house instead of traveling home with a mandated law enforcement escort ordered by the Republican leadership as they continued their peaceful resistance against the state leadership and their controversial redistricting plan.

Rep. Nicole Collier is asking a Travis County district judge to rule that she’s allowed to leave the Texas Capitol. The Fort Worth Democrat has been confined to Texas Capitol since Monday after refusing to sign a “permission slip” turning her over to Texas Department of Public Safety custody for monitoring.

The Texas Capitol building in Austin was partly evacuated on Tuesday amid an active shooter alert. Several state representatives and local media outlets posted videos from the scene, showing chaos. Officers could be seen escorting people off the campus.