"Texas Attorney General Paxton will ask courts to vacate Democratic lawmakers’ seats" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and ...

Aug. 5 (UPI) --Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Tuesday announced he will ask a court to declare the seats of the absent Democratic lawmakers vacant after they fled the Lone Star State in an ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is seeking to vacate 13 Texas House seats belonging to Democrats who fled the state last weekend in protest of a controversial redistricting vote anticipated to ...

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — On Monday, the Texas House officially came to a standstill, as over fifty Democratic House members fled the state to prevent the House from getting the 100 members needed to convene ...

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Attorney General Ken Paxton will ask for a court ruling declaring vacant the seats of any lawmakers who are not back to work by Friday, he said in a press release Tuesday. At least 50 House Democrats ...

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — On Monday the Texas House officially came to a standstill, as over fifty Democratic House members fled the state to prevent the House from getting the 100 members needed to convene.