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Rep. Collier spends second night at the Capitol amid quorum controversy

The standoff began on Monday, when Democratic members returned to the Capitol after being out of the state for more than two ...
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Fort Worth lawmaker sues over ‘illegal confinement’ in Texas House

Other Texas Democrats, including from DFW, joined Rep. Nicole Collier after they tore up their “permission slips” to leave ...

Fort Worth Democrat confined in Texas Capitol asks judge to intervene

Rep. Nicole Collier is asking a Travis County district judge to rule that she’s allowed to leave the Texas Capitol. The Fort ...
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Nicole Collier, Texas lawmaker who slept at statehouse, files lawsuit challenging police escorts

The Fort Worth Democrat was confined in the Capitol overnight after refusing to be shadowed by state police, a requirement ...

‘Free Nicole’: Fort Worth officials, faith leaders rally in support of state rep

State Rep. Nicole Collier can’t leave the Texas Capitol building because she won’t sign a paper agreeing to a state police ...

‘I still have to fight,’ says Fort Worth lawmaker confined to TX Capitol

A compilation of livestreams of the House chamber posted by the House Democratic Caucus and Collier have captured much of her ...

Fort Worth Rep. Nicole Collier remains on House floor Tuesday after refusing escort: 'I refuse to sign away my dignity.'

Fort Worth, has been an outspoken critic of the redistricting maps, which she argues dilute minority voting power.

Rep. Nicole Collier refused GOP ‘permission slip’ rule, was locked in the Texas chamber — and slept in her bonnet overnight to protest

The detainment of State Rep. Nicole Collier has drawn outrage and imagery of Black women’s suffrage in America. Texas State ...