Texas Democrats have fled the state to halt the legislature's progress on enacting a new congressional map that would favor Republicans.

Speaker Dustin Burrows gaveled in the Texas House Friday and no quorum was reached after the fifth day. One hundred state ...

The newspaper criticized Abbott for his response to Democratic lawmakers fleeing the state in protest of the legislature's ...

Texas Democrats faced a deadline of Friday at 2 p.m. ET to return to special session, but remained in place after Paxton said a lawsuit was filed to remove 13 of them from office.

In court papers filed Friday, the Democrats argued that their quorum-breaking tactic is an affirmation of their legislative duties, not an abdication of it.