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NPR's Leila Fadel speaks to Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier, a Democrat who slept in the Texas House chamber after refusing Republicans' demand that Democrats leave only with police escort.
A Texas House Democrat was confined in the Capitol overnight after she refused a police escort that Republican leaders imposed on lawmakers who participated in a two-week walkout over a GOP mid-decade ...
Several Texas Democrats joined state Rep. Nicole Collier (D) on Tuesday to protest new guidelines preventing party members from leaving the House chambers without a police escort and signed ...
Texas Democrats are joining a colleague who can't leave the state Capitol because she won't agree to having law enforcement ...
Rep. Nicole Collier's refusal to accept an ordered police escort gains support from her Democratic Party colleagues via a grand gesture.
Multiple Texas House Democrats will spend the night inside the Texas House chamber to protest law enforcement escorts that ...
The Republican-controlled Texas House on Wednesday kicked off a heated debate over a new congressional map creating five new ...
President Donald Trump pushed for the map revision to give his party a better chance at holding on to the U.S. House in the ...
The Republican-controlled Texas House of Representatives on Wednesday kicked off a heated debate over a new congressional map ...
A Texas state Democrat slept on the statehouse floor, playing victim in an attention-seeking stunt that will make her a social media star.
The gambit has triggered a national redistricting war, as governors from both major parties threaten to initiate similar ...