Illinois' former House speaker is due in prison in about two months, but he's asked a judge to let him remain free while he ...

Dozens of Texas House Democrats fled the state last Sunday to stop consideration of a proposed congressional redistricting ...

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

An Illinois state senator acting as local counsel for the Texas Republicans wanting to have that state’s warrants for ...

A second bomb threat was reported at the Illinois hotel housing Texas Democrats who fled their state over the weekend, local ...

Republican Rep. Carlos Gimenez is introducing a resolution that would remove Illinois Rep. Delia Ramirez from the House ...

Texas state House Democrats who left their state to prevent Republicans from passing a new congressional district map were forced to evacuate their hotel after a bomb threat, but officials say ...

The Texas House of Representatives met on Friday, as a majority of Democrats have not returned after leaving the state. There were 95 members were present; a quorum was not met after roll call.

The Texas House of Representatives has failed to meet a quorum as Democratic lawmakers continue their walkout to block a vote ...

Democrats concede there’s only so much they can do to keep Texas from redrawing its maps. But they want to encourage blue ...

Texas’ redistricting standoff rose to a new level Friday as Democrats once again denied a quorum to allow the House to ...

Texas Democrats on Friday again defied Republican Gov. Greg Abbott and the state GOP and did not show up for a vote on a controversial Republican-proposed redistricting plan.The GOP-proposed new ...