The departure marked the end of a nationally-watched standoff between the lawmakers and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, who pushed ...

Texas Democrats who fled to Illinois to block a GOP-led congressional redistricting plan said they would return after ...

Some Texas House Democrats confirmed they were leaving after the first special session in the Lone Star state ended Friday, ...

John Bucy’s older daughter “seemed a little frustrated” with him this week when he wasn’t home to take her to school for her ...

Judge Scott Larson ruled that the Texas speaker and attorney general had “failed to present a legal basis for the court” to ...

In response, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott threatened to try to remove the Democrats from the state Legislature and said some of ...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker responds to a bomb threat at a hotel in St. Charles, Illinois, where Texas Democrats were staying.

Texas Democrats staying in Illinois were evacuated from their hotel on Wednesday morning over a potential bomb threat, ...

On Monday morning, the lawmakers boarded a jet at O'Hare shortly after 7 a.m., ending what had been a 15-day hiatus in ...

An Illinois judge ruled that the state will not enforce civil warrants against Texas House Democrats that left the state ...

The attorney general is calling on the “full faith and credit” clause of the U.S. Constitution, which says states should ...

Texas Republicans are trying to reconvene the state Legislature to vote on redrawing congressional maps in their party's ...