Texas House of Representatives

Wray is among eight candidates, including five Republicans, on the ballot Tuesday to fill a vacancy in his old House District 10.

Public hearing on bill about teaching race and history draws a crowd.

Democrat Reps. Garnet Coleman, Armando Walle and Ana Hernandez were the latest to rejoin the House on Thursday, narrowly clinching a quorum.

The Democrats had left the state to block the passage of a Republican elections bill they say would restrict voting rights in the state.

A state district judge has granted a temporary restraining order blocking the arrest of House Democrats who have broken quorum, paving the way for those who remain outside the state to return home without threat of arrest.

Beckley unveiled her plans in a video set inside a hotel room in the nation’s capital, which House Democrats fled to earlier this month to break quorum in protest of Republicans’ priority elections bill.

Whose voices will be heard in Texas halls of power? That question beats at the heart of the Democratic quorum break that has brought the Legislature to a halt and focused national attention on GOP efforts to make voting in Texas harder.

With over 50 House Democrats in Washington — along with 12 paid staff — the costs are quickly mounting and the party's funds are not unlimited.

Democrats are preventing the Texas House from having enough members to pass legislation. We explain what that means, what options Republicans have and what’s in the voting bills Democrats oppose.

The move comes after Texas House Democrats on Monday flew to Washington D.C., breaking quorum and halting two bills that would add new voting restrictions in the state.

Rep. Jasmine Crockett from Dallas pushed bills to reform policing, expand voting options and loosen drug laws in the state. But she made waves for her passionate dissent.

The bill was a priority for business groups in this legislative session.