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 ...

After leaving Texas for Illinois to prevent a legislative vote on a Republican redistricting plan, state House Democratic ...

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.

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

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

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

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

Is Gene Wu back in China?” state Sen. Mayes Middleton, a Galveston Republican, posted on X on Monday — the first day the ...

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 Democratic lawmakers remained out of the state Thursday as Republican leaders escalated legal threats to force their return, with Gov. Greg Abbott petitioning the Texas Supreme Court to ...