Nicole Collier had refused to sign a “permission slip” to leave the chamber. Most of her Democratic colleagues complied.

Democratic Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier was forced to spend the night Monday inside the Texas State Capitol building in Austin after she refused to sign a “permission slip” to accept the mandatory escort by the Department of Public Safety imposed on Democrats by the Republicans who control the chamber. Republican House Speaker Dustin Burrows announced the restrictions on members of the…

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