Gov. Greg Abbott previously asked the court to expel Rep. Gene Wu, the House Democratic leader. Paxton disputed the ...

Democratic lawmakers maintained their walkout to thwart a Republican gerrymander, prompting Ken Paxton to ask the state’s ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is asking an Illinois court to force the arrest and return of Texas House Democrats who ...

The Texas House of Representatives failed to meet a quorum on Friday as Democratic lawmakers continued their walkout to block ...

The lawsuit from Paxton is one of several ways Texas officials have pressured Democrats to return to the state for a vote on ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) filed a lawsuit on Friday looking to vacate the seats of 13 Democratic state lawmakers who fled Texas in a bid to block Republicans from passing a ...

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

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is asking the state's highest court to vacate the seats of more than a dozen Texas House ...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Republicans on Friday warned they would escalate efforts to end a nearly weeklong holdout by ...

DALLAS — Texas Republicans are taking extraordinary measures to quell a quorum break by House Democrats designed to kill congressional redistricting. The tough approach includes the following: —Gov.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has launched an investigation into whether Beto O’Rourke’s political group, Powered by ...

The effort is also the latest test of Trump's ability to persuade state and federal lawmakers to enact his agenda even at their own expense.