The walkout was a sharp escalation in the bitterly partisan clash over a congressional redistricting requested by President ...

Dozens of Texas Democrats were headed to Illinois on Sunday.They left the Lone Star State in a last-ditch effort to disrupt a ...

Gov. JB Pritzker had been in quiet talks for weeks with Texas Democrats about offering support if they chose to leave the ...

Some of the Democratic legislators fleeing Texas will appear on Sunday evening with Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker at a press conference.

In an extraordinary move to counter Republican redistricting in Texas, dozens of Democrats in the state House are landing in Illinois to deny a quorum.

Effective immediately, House Bill 3657 makes changes to Tier 2 Chicago Police and Firefighter pension benefits.

The walkout, which Texas Democrats called an “extraordinary and necessary step,” came a day after a House panel advanced a congressional map that would add five new Republican districts next year.