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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.
After weeks spent out-of-state in an effort to deny Texas Republicans a quorum for an extreme redistricting plan—designed at ...
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 over the GOP redistricting plan.
State Rep. Nicole Collier said she will remain locked in the Austin statehouse chamber, now outfitted with a mattress and snacks, until the House reconvenes Wednesday morning.
“This is just my way of resisting,” said Texas state representative Nicole Collier after Republicans ordered Democrats ...