A state lawmaker has refused to leave the Texas Capitol as Republicans use police to prevent Democrats from fleeing the state over a redistricting vote.

Fort Worth Democrat Nicole Collier refused to sign the permission slip Monday that allow her to leave only if she is shadowed by a DPS agent until the

Democratic Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier spent the night on the Texas House floor in protest after refusing a Republican demand to be placed under the watch of the state Department of Public Safety.