Texas Democratic lawmakers remained out of the state Thursday as Republican leaders escalated legal threats to force their return, with Gov. Greg Abbott petitioning the Texas Supreme Court to ...

The legislators who fled the state face a daily fine, but they have also left behind their day jobs in Texas in order to ...

Gov. Greg Abbott asked the Texas Supreme Court Tuesday night to remove state Rep. Gene Wu, chairman of the Texas House ...

Texas Democrats left the state to stop a Republican-led effort to change the state’s congressional boundaries, setting off a ...

The chair of the Texas House Democratic caucus remained defiant Thursday in the face of one US senator’s bid to enlist the FBI’s help in returning him and his state House colleagues to the state.

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

In a dramatic escalation of partisan conflict, Texas House Democrats have fled the state to Illinois, effectively blocki ...

Wu's ethnicity has been a frequent target of Republicans, including party officials, during his time in office.

Houston State Rep. Gene Wu, who Gov. Greg Abbott called the "ringleader" of Texas Democrats who fled, and other party leaders reported a bomb threat on Wednesday.

Abbott is pushing to vacate seats of legislators who fled Texas to halt passage of a GOP-engineered congressional map.

U.S. Sen. John Cornyn is urging the FBI to help Texas law enforcement find state legislators who left the state to prevent a quorum and stall the legislative process.

Texas leaders are trying to force a vote on a new congressional map that heavily favors Republicans — teeing up a showdown ...