GRANTS PASS, Ore. – The Grants Pass City Council is looking to beef up staffing for police officers and firefighters, but they want to do it without raising fees or taxes. In a city council workshop, ...

Delgreco K. Wilson formerly taught comparative politics and international relations at Lincoln University. He is a political analyst, educator, and advocate whose work centers on empowering Black ...

While the Democrats could technically derail the GOP’s redistricting map, such efforts have been largely symbolic and had limited success blocking past legislation, experts say.

Texas Republicans are trying to redraw congressional districts to pick up five additional U.S. House seats. Democrats face financial and political risk in their bid to block the GOP plan.

In June 1870, 13 Texas senators walked out of the Capitol to block a bill giving the governor wartime powers, depriving the upper chamber of the two-thirds quorum required for voting. Though the fl… ...

Texas House Democrats left the state to block a vote on redistricting. It's a political strategy that dates back 150 years.

"Denying quorum has been a Texas political strategy since 1870" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization. In June 1870, 13 Texas senators walked out of ...