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ABC7 Chicago on MSN · 4h

Texas Democrats in Illinois protesting redistricting return to Saint Sabina, prepare to travel home

Texas House Democrats in Illinois are now getting ready to head back to the Lone Star State. They spent time at Saint Sabina Church Sunday on the city's South Side.

Daily Herald · 4d

‘We signed up for this’: Texas Democrats in Illinois vow to continue fight against GOP redistricting

Texas Democratic state lawmakers sojourning in Illinois to thwart a redistricting effort put no period on their stay in the Chicago region. Over 50 Democrats upended a Texas legislature special

WTTW News · 3d

Illinois Judge Rejects Request to Arrest and Return Texas Democrats as Lawmakers Plot Comeback

Judge Scott Larson said Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton “failed to present a legal basis” for the Illinois court to consider civil arrest warrants filed in a different state.

Texas, Democrats and Republicans

Texas House Democrats planning their departure from Illinois and back to Austin

Texas House Democrats who fled to Illinois and other northern states to block a Republican-led congressional redistricting plan backed by President Donald Trump said Thursday they would return to Austin after lawmakers adjourn their current special session on Friday and California Democrats introduce their retaliatory map designed to neutralize the Texas GOP effort.

The Washington Post · 1d

The next steps in California Democrats' plan to counter Texas Republicans' redistricting push

California is stepping into a national redistricting battle after President Donald Trump urged Texas Republicans to redraw maps to maintain their U.S. House majority

Texas Public Radio · 10h

Thousands rally at Texas Capitol against Republican-backed congressional redistricting plan

About 5,000 people gathered at the Capitol on Saturday to protest President Trump and the Texas Legislature's plan to redraw the state's congressional districts to give Republicans more seats in the U.

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Some Texas Democrats leave Illinois as second special session in their state begins

Some Texas House Democrats confirmed they were leaving after the first special session in the Lone Star state ended Friday, ...

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As Texas Democrats plan Illinois departure, lawmaker hopes daughters will one day see ‘dad fought back’

John Bucy’s older daughter “seemed a little frustrated” with him this week when he wasn’t home to take her to school for her ...

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FBI agrees to help find Texas Democrats in Illinois, but Gov. JB Pritzker calls move ‘grandstanding’

Gov. JB Pritzker attempted to tamp down the federal law enforcement involvement, describing it as “a lot of grandstanding.” ...

4don MSN

Illinois judge rules against Ken Paxton in his effort to have Texas House Democrats arrested

Illinois law enforcement officers cannot arrest Texas House Democrats who have been staying in the northern state in protest ...

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Texas Democrats staying in Illinois evacuated over bomb threat

Texas Democrats staying in Illinois were evacuated from their hotel on Wednesday morning over a potential bomb threat, ...

The Texas Tribune7d

Paxton, Burrows ask Illinois court to enforce Texas arrest warrants against Democrats who left the state

The attorney general is calling on the “full faith and credit” clause of the U.S. Constitution, which says states should ...

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Texas Democrats who fled to Illinois forced to evacuate hotel after bomb threat

Texas state House Democrats who left their state to prevent Republicans from passing a new congressional district map were ...

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Texas Republicans ask Illinois court to order arrest of House Democrats who fled state as part of remap battle

Texas’ Republican attorney general and a GOP Illinois state senator filed a petition in more conservative Adams County rather ...

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