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

Senate Republican Leader Daniel Bonham called it a “hypocritical double standard” to see his Democratic colleagues in Oregon ...

Abbott and other Republicans in response threatened Democrats who left with arrests, fines and even removal from office.

Spurred on by Trump, Texas Republicans redrew the boundary lines for U.S. House seats in the state. The new map creates five more GOP-leaning seats.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) said on Thursday that the FBI is “tracking down” Democratic state lawmakers who fled the Lone Star State as the GOP looks to return them to the state Capitol.

While the saga has made national news, states all across the nation take part in redistricting every 10 years in conjunction with the U.S. Census. In Oklahoma, the most recent redistricting took place ...

What is gerrymandering, and why has it turned into a political flashpoint in Texas? We explain the saga, in 8 points.

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But Alford played a huge role in the dramatic legislative session of 1870, one that started with a walkout over a militia ...

The move to flee the state is part of a tactic to block a vote in the Texas House on redistricting. The proposal by ...

Trump's outrageous push to kill 5 Dem House seats in Texas triggers a nuclear war that will end representative democracy.

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.