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Ken Paxton asks Texas Supreme Court to expel 13 House Democrats over redistricting standoff
Gov. Greg Abbott previously asked the court to expel Rep. Gene Wu, the House Democratic leader. Paxton disputed the ...
Finances weigh on Texas Democrats as costs of their quorum break add up
The legislators who fled the state face a daily fine, but they have also left behind their day jobs in Texas to grind the ...
Democrats delay Texas redistricting again, escalating a standoff with GOP leaders
Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows has said the chamber will reconvene at 2 p.m. ET (1 p.m. CT) to move ahead with ...
Texas Republicans escalate attempts to return missing Democratic lawmakers to the state
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is asking an Illinois court to force the arrest and return of Texas House Democrats who ...
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Wandering the Ghost Town Capitol With the Texas Democrats Who Stayed Behind
Most members of the House Democratic Caucus fled the state this week in an attempt to stall a Trump-ordered gerrymander. We tried to talk to the few who stayed.
Texas Democrats head to California as Republicans warn of more escalations over walkout
Texas Republicans are planning to escalate their efforts to end a weeklong holdout by Democrats if they don't return to the ...
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Pritzker: FBI can’t arrest Texas lawmakers sheltering in Illinois
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (CNI) -Gov. JB Pritzker brushed aside suggestions Thursday that FBI agents could be deployed to arrest a ...
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Paxton, Burrows ask Illinois court to enforce Texas arrest warrants against Democrats who left the state
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is calling on the “full faith and credit” clause of the U.S. Constitution, which says ...
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Texas Democrats plea for donations to extend their walkout and block Trump's redistricting plan
Texas Democratic lawmakers who left the state to block a Republican plan for congressional redistricting are pleading for ...