Newsweek contacted Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows, who filed the legal petition, for ...

A judge in downstate Quincy said that Illinois circuit courts do not have the “inherent power” to consider the effort by ...

As Texas hurtles toward a flashpoint on a GOP effort to redraw congressional districts, California Democrats are about to ...

Republican leaders announced that if they can't reach a quorum again at 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 15, both the House and Senate ...

Lawmakers are now framing their ability to prevent new maps from passing during one special legislative session as a victory.

Judge Scott Larson ruled that the Texas speaker and attorney general had “failed to present a legal basis for the court” to ...

Reports have suggested the absent lawmakers are considering a return to Texas, while a statement from the caucus insists a ...

Heated threats to arrest Texas Democrats over the gerrymandering fight are fueled by the broader MAGA drive to incarcerate ...

Illinois law enforcement officers cannot arrest Texas House Democrats who have been staying in the northern state in protest ...

The battle over mid-decade redistricting in Texas -- where the state’s congressional lines could be redrawn well ahead of the ...

House Speaker Dustin Burrows has issued civil arrest warrants for the absent members found to be in Texas. None has been ...

Democrats' absence has halted work in the Texas House, which must also approve the new boundaries, for more than a week.