You really are inspiring so many people,” the former vice president told Texas lawmaker Collier, who slept inside the state ...

Texas House Democrats are 'ripping the slip' to show solidarity with state Rep. Nicole Collier ahead of Wednesday's vote on ...

SMU political science professor Matthew Wilson explains the rarely enforced rules being applied during this second special ...

After Democrats returned to the Texas statehouse, Republican leadership assigned law enforcement officers to monitor them to ...

The standoff began on Monday, when Democratic members returned to the Capitol after being out of the state for more than two ...

In sports, the winning team doesn’t get to rewrite the rules to guarantee it’ll never lose again. In a democracy, the same ...

Parts of the Texas Capitol grounds were evacuated and closed to visitors on Tuesday evening after reports of an active shooter threat.The building itself was s ...

Texas Republicans insisted that Democrats have around-the-clock police escorts to ensure they wouldn’t leave again.

Democratic state Representative Nicole Collier is poised to spend her second night in the Texas Capitol building rather than ...

Protesters shout in support of State Rep. Nicole Collier, after she refused to sign the required permission slip that would allow lawmakers to leave the Capitol under escort by Department of Public ...

The Capitol grounds were closed as protesters gathered in support of Rep. Nicole Collier, who is staying on the House floor ...

State Rep. Nicole Collier filed a lawsuit to challenge the Texas House's authority to enforce police escorts for lawmakers ...