The Texas House again failed to reach the quorum needed to vote on a new congressional map that could give Republicans five new seats, after state Democrats forced a legislative standstill.

The FBI’s involvement intensifies what was already a high-stakes legal and political standoff between Texas Democrats and Republican leadership. Attorney General Ken Paxton has threatened to seek ...

The Texas House of Representatives has sued 33 House Democrats who absconded to Illinois to prevent a vote on Congressional ...

The Texas attorney general accused the organization, Powered by People, of running a financial influence scheme that convinced Texas Democratic lawmakers to travel out-of-state, leaving the ...

Texas AG Ken Paxton is investigating Beto O’Rourke's political group for allegedly funding Democrats who broke quorum ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has initiated an investigation into the Texas Majority PAC, which he alleges is funded by ...

Illinois law enforcement officers should be allowed to arrest Texas House Democrats who have been staying in the Chicago area ...

After leaving Texas for Illinois to prevent a legislative vote on a Republican redistricting plan, state House Democratic ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) is asking an Illinois court to enforce arrest warrants against Democrats who fled to the Prairie State over GOP efforts to redraw the Texas’s ...

Paxton opened a similar investigation into former Rep. Beto O'Rourke's Powered by People PAC, which is also accused of bribing the lawmakers.

The Texas Supreme Court said in 2021 the Constitution allows members to thwart legislation by leaving the state. Abbott wants ...

Republican Gov. Greg Abbott claimed that he had heard that the FBI will search for Texas House Democrats who left the state ...