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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 typically honor each other’s judicial proceedings.

Chicago Tribune · 2d

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 than where Texas lawmakers are located in suburban Chicago.

Chicago Sun-Times · 2d

Texas asks Illinois court to help it round up absent Democratic lawmakers

A lawsuit filed Friday in downstate Adams County seeks an order recognizing civil arrest warrants issued by the Texas House of Representatives for Democrats who fled to Illinois to thwart a redistricting vote.

Texas, Democrats and redistricting maps

Hoodline · 1h

Texas Democrats Rally Support at Chicago's St. Sabina Church Amid Redistricting Standoff

Texas Democrats seek support at St. Sabina Church amid a redistricting battle involving allegations of gerrymandering.

ABC News on MSN · 28m

Texas House Democrats remain out of state as redistricting showdown continues into second week

The battle over potential mid-decade redistricting in Texas -- where the state's congressional district lines could be redrawn

The Washington Post on MSN · 50m

Pressure mounts on Texas Democrats as walkout stretches into a second week

Both sides dug in for a second week of a political standoff in Texas, with Democratic lawmakers promising to stay out of the state until next week to kill a plan to redraw the state’s congressional districts and Gov.

Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin joins Texas Democrats to discuss redistricting fight

Illinois Senator Dick Durbin is joining Texas Democrats to discuss the harm they say the state’s plan for a mid-decade ...

2hon MSN

Illinois Democrats tells feds to stop trying to 'usurp' state authority over immigration

Illinois Democrats tell DOJ and DHS that state sanctuary laws, including TRUST Act and Chicago Welcoming City Ordinance, follow constitutional requirements.

50m

Durbin backs Texas Democrats’ stand against gerrymandering

Monday marks more than a week since some of a group of Texas democratic lawmakers came to Illinois in protest. On Sunday ...

22hon MSN

‘Texas law does not apply in Illinois’: Gov. JB Pritzker draws line in sand as FBI ‘hunts down’ runway Democrats

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Sunday refuted claims that President Donald Trump could force Texas Democrats to return to their ...

52mon MSN

Republicans set up showdown after setting vote on flood bills with Democrats absent

The movement of flood-related bills in the Texas House on Monday could amp up political pressure on Democrats who have left ...

6don MSN

Pritzker’s Illinois, Temporary Home to Texas Democrats, Is Gerrymandering Hot Spot

Just three of 17 Illinois congressional districts are represented by Republicans in a state where Trump won 44% of the 2024 ...

6don MSN

Inside Texas Democrats’ plan to seek refuge with Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, a possible 2028 presidential candidate, took in Texas Democrats who fled their state to block a ...

Texas Democrats in Illinois, Rainbow PUSH celebrate Voting Rights Act

Texas House Democrats in Illinois say they are committed to staying out of their state until the special session ends August ...

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