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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 first day of kindergarten. The Texas House lawmaker from Austin hopes one day she’ll understand.
Pritzker: Texas Democratic legislators who fled to Illinois are 'heroes'
Gov. JB Pritzker in Springfield on Aug. 6 called the Texas House Democrats who fled the state for Illinois to thwart a Republican quorum to vote on a controversial congressional redistricting plan "heroes (who) are standing up for democracy."
Some Texas House Democrats confirmed they were leaving after the first special session in the Lone Star state ended Friday, ...
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Bomb scares and phony pizza deliveries: Democrats who fled Texas grapple with security threats
The Texas Democratic lawmakers who decamped to Illinois to block a redistricting effort in their state faced threats of ...
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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.” ...
Texas Democrats staying in Illinois were evacuated from their hotel on Wednesday morning over a potential bomb threat, ...
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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 ...
Exiled Texas State Democratic legislators, who fled to Illinois to block gerrymandering, visited a mosque with a Skokie official.
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In Trump's redistricting push, Democrats find an aggressive identity and progressives are on board
Democrats have struggled to find effective ways to oppose President Donald Trump, and even some Democratic voters describe ...
An Adams County judge ruled his court “does not have the inherent power to direct Illinois law enforcement officers” to round ...
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