The gambit has triggered a national redistricting war, as governors from both major parties threaten to initiate similar efforts in other states.

The state House speaker’s vindictive campaign against Democrat Nicole Collier has no basis in law. But it’s Texas, where ...

The vote overcame weeks of protests from House Democrats who fled the state to stall a vote on the mid-cycle redistricting.

The Republican-controlled Texas House of Representatives passed Wednesday a redrawn congressional map that creates up to five ...

Texas’ House of Representatives is approving a new map that creates up to five new, winnable congressional seats for the GOP.

President Donald Trump pushed for the map revision to give his party a better chance at holding on to the U.S. House in the ...

A Texas state Democrat slept on the statehouse floor, playing victim in an attention-seeking stunt that will make her a social media star.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks to Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier, a Democrat who slept in the Texas House chamber after refusing Republicans' demand that Democrats leave only with police escort.

Texas Republicans are moving closer to approving new congressional maps amid a Democratic show of protest over the GOP House speaker’s order that members who fled the state weeks earlier be placed ...

Texas Democrats are joining a colleague who can't leave the state Capitol because she won't agree to having law enforcement ...