A Texas House Democrat was confined in the Capitol overnight after she refused a police escort that Republican leaders ...

Natural disasters have long posed singular risks for people in the United States without permanent legal status. But with the ...

Some state prison systems, including Wisconsin’s, are adding air-cooling systems to new prison construction and renovation ...

The Texas State Capitol was cleared of visitors Tuesday evening and closed to the public after a social media threat, the ...

There’s also Ken Paxton’s silly suit against Beto O’Rourke. Every time you think it can’t get any worse, just wait a minute.

The Texas Department of Public Safety evacuated protesters from the Texas Capitol on Tuesday after a reported possible threat ...

The vote comes hours after reports of a social media threat led to an evacuation at the state Capitol on Tuesday.

A Texas lawmaker who slept in the House Chamber of the Texas Capitol Monday night filed a lawsuit shortly into her protest, ...

A Texas state Democrat slept on the statehouse floor, playing victim in an attention-seeking stunt that will make her a social media star.

Texas Republicans are moving closer to approving new congressional maps amid a Democratic show of protest over the GOP House ...

The Republican-controlled Texas legislature is expected to pass a new congressional map creating five new winnable seats for ...

Democrats said Republicans in the Texas House crossed a line by detaining them en masse and then assigning state troopers to ...