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Some Texas Democrats rip up agreements to leave House floor under police escort and will spend night in chamber in protest

Several Texas state House Democrats ripped up the written agreements that allowed them to leave the chamber with a police ...

Activists protest as redistricting fight heats up in Texas House, see the photos

The redistricting fight heats up in Texas House as lawmakers prepare to vote on new mid-decade redistricting maps while ...

More Texas Democrats spend the night in the state Capitol in protest amid redistricting fight

A group of Texas Democrats returned yesterday to the state House in Austin where they spent the night — the latest step in a ...

What to know as a Texas lawmaker protests police escorts and California takes up redistricting

Republicans can move ahead with redrawing Texas’ congressional districts now that Democratic lawmakers have returned to the ...

Night at the Capitol: One Democrat’s Unexpected Protest Grips Texas

Nicole Collier, a state representative, slept in the Capitol rather than agree to police surveillance imposed by Republicans ...

Opening of new migrant detention center in Texas met with protests

Texas' Camp East Montana, the latest and largest of the migrant detention centers being opened across the country, is being ...

Texas Democrats sleep at the Capitol to protest GOP actions in Texas redistricting fight

Some Texas state House Democrats are refusing to leave the chamber, after Republicans required them to sign a form allowing ...
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UT System nixes faculty senates, approves restrictions on campus protests

The changes are in response to new state laws seeking to limit faculty’s influence and put guardrails on campus demonstrations.