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Ken Paxton asks Texas Supreme Court to expel 13 House Democrats over redistricting standoff
Gov. Greg Abbott previously asked the court to expel Rep. Gene Wu, the House Democratic leader. Paxton disputed the ...
Beto O'Rourke Defiant After Legal Blow in Texas Redistricting Standoff
A judge temporarily barred O'Rourke's political group from helping to fund Texas Democratic lawmakers who left the state.
Gene Wu defiant against Greg Abbott’s attempt to remove him from Texas House seat
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott filed an emergency petition Tuesday with the state Supreme Court to remove Rep. Gene Wu (D-Houston), ...
Texas Republicans ask Illinois court to order arrest of House Democrats who fled state as part of remap battle
Texas’ Republican attorney general and a GOP Illinois state senator filed a petition in more conservative Adams County rather ...
California’s Newsom, Pelosi back Texas Democrats as GOP warns of more escalations over walkout
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit directly to the all-Republican state Supreme Court on Friday seeking to ...
The FBI has been asked to help locate Texas House Democrats. One state lawmaker says officials would be breaking the law
The chair of the Texas House Democratic caucus remained defiant Thursday in the face of one US senator’s bid to enlist the ...
Cornyn Says F.B.I. Will Help Find Texas Lawmakers Who Fled State
The senator said the federal agency had agreed to help locate Democratic state lawmakers who left the state to try to block a ...
Paxton investigating whether Beto O'Rourke's PAC is illegally aiding House Democrats who fled Texas
Powered by People, started by Beto O'Rourke after his 2018 Senate run, has paid for some of the expenses incurred by House ...