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.

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

After Democrats returned to the Texas statehouse, Republican leadership assigned law enforcement officers to monitor them to prevent further delays to their plan to redraw congressional voting districts to favor Republicans ahead of the election.

This is just my way of resisting,” said Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier after Republicans ordered Democrats to be monitored by police if they left the statehouse again.

An active shooter threat at the State Capitol Tuesday pushed a protest in solidarity with Rep. Nicole Collier out along the street.