The departure marked the end of a nationally-watched standoff between the lawmakers and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, who pushed ...

The Democratic lawmakers have been in Illinois since Aug. 3 to avoid a vote on the remap during a special legislative session ...

Texas House Democrats have returned to Austin for a second special session after fleeing the state to block a redistricting ...

After two weeks out of state, Democratic lawmakers said they would return to Austin and lay the groundwork for a legal ...

Texas Democrats who left the state to stymie Republicans over redistricting have returned to Austin, ending a two-week ...

John Bucy’s older daughter “seemed a little frustrated” with him this week when he wasn’t home to take her to school for her ...

Some Texas House Democrats confirmed they were leaving after the first special session in the Lone Star state ended Friday, ...

Judge Scott Larson ruled that the Texas speaker and attorney general had “failed to present a legal basis for the court” to ...

Nearly a thousand miles and opposite sides of the political spectrum separate Illinois and Texas. Yet there’s one thing ...

An Illinois judge on Wednesday declined Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s (R) request to hold Texas Democrats who fled ...

Texas Republicans are trying to reconvene the state Legislature to vote on redrawing congressional maps in their party's ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Democratic lawmakers from Texas just arrived at O'Hare Monday to head back to the Lone Star State. The ...