"Children's religious beliefs should be instilled by parents and faith communities, not politicians and public schools."

In Texas, 16 families from different faith backgrounds brought the legal challenge.

Republican state leaders are moving fast on the special session, aiming to pass all of Abbott's priority items and adjourn before the Labor Day weekend.

The first domino in a growing national redistricting battle is likely to fall Wednesday as the Republican-controlled Texas legislature is expected to pass a new congressional map creating five new wi...

Texas Democratic lawmakers delayed the vote for 15 days by leaving the state in protest, depriving the House of enough members to do business.

Parents of young girls who died in last month's flooding in the Texas Hill Country were in Austin on Wednesday to testify about proposed flood safety legislation for camps and campgrounds.

Democrats in the Texas House of Representatives returned to Austin on Aug. 18, 2025, but their protest of redistricting efforts continues.

A California legislative hearing turned into a shouting match Tuesday as a Republican lawmaker clashed with Democrats over a partisan plan to rewrite U.S. House maps to win Democrats more seats.

"What matters to me is making sure that I resist and fight back against and push back," Collier told Reuters from the Capitol in an interview on Monday.