A Texas House member from Fort Worth prepares to spend another night inside the Capitol in a political showdown over the ...

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

Several Texas Democrats joined state Rep. Nicole Collier (D) on Tuesday to protest new guidelines preventing party members ...

A Fort Worth lawmaker’s sit-in on the Texas House floor picked up steam late Tuesday as fellow Democrats flocked to her side ...

State Rep. Nicole Collier of Fort Worth is the only Democrat who refused Republican leaders’ orders to sign a permission slip ...

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.

Texas Republicans mandated that Democratic lawmakers not be allowed to leave the state house without a permission slip and a ...

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

Upon returning after a 15-day walkout, Texas House Democrats were asked for consent to be escorted off the floor by DPS ...

Why it matters: Rep. Nicole Collier's court filing is an escalation of a two-week standoff between Texas Democrats and ...

State Rep. Nicole Collier can’t leave the Texas Capitol building because she won’t sign a paper agreeing to a state police escort.