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Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier slept in House chamber after refusing GOP-mandated permission slip to leave

Texas Republicans mandated that Democratic lawmakers not be allowed to leave the state house without a permission slip and a police escort.

First domino in national redistricting fight likely to fall with Texas GOP poised for vote on maps

The Republican-controlled Texas legislature is expected to pass a new congressional map creating five new winnable seats for the GOP.

Texas Rep. Nicole Collier alleges "illegal confinement" by GOP after refusing police escort to leave Capitol

A Democratic state lawmaker who fled Texas in protest of a GOP redistricting effort is asking a court to let her exit the Capitol, after she was told she needs a police escort to leave the building.
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Black Women Like Nicole Collier Shouldn’t Have To Endure Kidnapping By Fascists To Save Democracy” [Op-Ed]

Nicole Collier is being courageous in the face of authoritarianism, but what’s happening to her a story of “resistance.”

Even at the grocery store, Texas troopers don’t let Democrats out of sight after walkout

Texas Republicans insisted that Democrats have around-the-clock police escorts to ensure they wouldn’t leave again.
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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 the chamber.

‘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 escort.
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