A Democratic lawmaker is staying in the Texas Capitol rather than accept an around-the-clock police escort that Republicans imposed to keep she and her colleagues from leaving the state again.

Democratic State Rep. Nicole Collier spent the night inside the State Capitol and called herself a "political prisoner" after refusing to agree to a law enforcement escort. NBC News' Ryan Chandler ...

Democratic Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier has now spent over 24 hours on the Texas House floor in protest after refusing a ...

State Representatives Nicole Collier and Gene Wu posted a video on X on Tuesday chronicling how they and their colleague, ...

A Democratic Texas state lawmaker who spent the night on the Texas House floor rather than accept a police escort slammed the GOP in an interview as Republicans try to move forward with their plan ...

Democratic state Rep. Nicole Collier will remain in the chamber until Wednesday after refusing a state trooper escort.

Republicans in the Texas House forced returning Democrats to around-the-clock surveillance by state Department of Public ...

On Monday, Republicans in the Texas House forced returning Democrats to sign what the Democrats called “permission slips,” ...

House Speaker Dustin Burrows said Monday that Democrats who previously left the state could not leave the chamber unless they agreed to having a DPS escort. Collier refused one and must remain in the ...

One of the Texas state lawmakers who fled the state must remain inside the Austin statehouse chamber after she refused ...

A state lawmaker from North Texas slept on the Texas House floor on Monday night after refusing a Republican-mandated state trooper escort. State Rep. Nicole Collier said she “refuses to sign away her ...

Nicole Collier had refused to sign a “permission slip” to leave the chamber. Most of her Democratic colleagues complied.