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Chicago Tribune · 7h

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.

The Texas Tribune on MSN · 14h

Paxton asks Illinois court to enforce Texas warrants against Democrats who left the state

The attorney general is calling on the “full faith and credit” clause of the Constitution, which says states should typically honor each other’s judicial proceedings.

Austin American-Statesman · 1d

Paxton files suit trying to force Illinois to help return quorum-breaking Texas Democrats

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and House Speaker Dustin Burrows filed suit in a heavily Republican, rural part of the Democratic-led state.

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Texas AG files suit in Illinois seeking return of Democratic lawmakers who fled

Dozens of Texas Democrats have left the state for Illinois and New York to thwart a quorum needed to vote on new ...

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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 ...

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

Texas Republican U.S. Sen. John Cornyn said Thursday the FBI has granted his request to assist Texas law enforcement in ...

Illinois governor says FBI can’t arrest Texas lawmakers sheltering there

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker brushed aside suggestions Thursday that FBI agents could be deployed to arrest a group of Texas ...

NPR Illinois10h

State Week: Illinois messes with Texas

A group of Texas Democratic legislators fled their home state and some took refuge in Illinois. The action was an attempt to ...

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College football's 10 easiest schedules in 2025: Texas Tech, Illinois playoff roads clear of major obstacles

College football schedule metrics vastly differ this time of year with most relying on perception, last season's results or ...

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Pritzker says Illinois remap is possible as DNC chair vows to fight Texas GOP efforts 'tooth and nail'

Democrats in New York, California and Illinois are threatening to redraw their own maps in retaliation to Republican ...

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