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Texas Democrats return as Rep. Nicole Collier spends night on House floor in protest
Democrats in the Texas House of Representatives returned to Austin on Aug. 18, 2025, but their protest of redistricting efforts continues. Democratic Texas Rep. Cassandra Garcia Hernandez speaks at a news conference outside of the House chamber in the State Capitol on Aug.
Rep. Collier spends second night at the Capitol amid quorum controversy
The standoff began on Monday, when Democratic members returned to the Capitol after being out of the state for more than two weeks due to a controversial redistricting map. Rep. Collier refused to agree to leave the chamber under the surveillance of the Department of Public Safety.
After Democrats returned to the Texas statehouse, Republican leadership assigned law enforcement officers to monitor them to ...
This is just my way of resisting,” said Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier after Republicans ordered Democrats to be monitored ...
A Democratic state lawmaker who fled Texas in protest of a GOP redistricting effort is asking a court to let her exit the Capitol, after she was told she needs a police escort to leave the building.
The Texas Department of Public Safety evacuated protesters from the Texas Capitol on Tuesday after a reported possible threat ...
The Fort Worth Democrat was confined in the Capitol overnight after refusing to be shadowed by state police, a requirement for lawmakers who had left the state.
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