In a dramatic escalation of partisan conflict, Texas House Democrats have fled the state to Illinois, effectively blocki ...

State Representative Gene Wu represents a racially diverse corner of Houston when he’s not defending juveniles in court. The ...

Quorum breaking has a long history in Texas; however, Gov. Greg Abbott’s Tuesday petition to the state’s Supreme Court is ...

Texas Democratic lawmakers who left the state to block a Republican plan for congressional redistricting are pleading for ...

Wu's ethnicity has been a frequent target of Republicans, including party officials, during his time in office.

Gov. Greg Abbott asked the Texas Supreme Court to remove Democratic state Rep. Gene Wu from his seat, arguing that Wu abandoned his office by fleeing the state.

The Texas Supreme Court said in 2021 the Constitution allows members to thwart legislation by leaving the state. Abbott wants ...

The legislators who fled the state face a daily fine, but they have also left behind their day jobs in Texas in order to ...

Texas Democrats left the state to stop a Republican-led effort to change the state’s congressional boundaries, setting off a ...

Texas leaders are trying to force a vote on a new congressional map that heavily favors Republicans — teeing up a showdown ...

Houston State Rep. Gene Wu, who Gov. Greg Abbott called the "ringleader" of Texas Democrats who fled, and other party leaders reported a bomb threat on Wednesday.