Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he will begin trying to remove Democratic lawmakers from office if they do not return after dozens of them left the state.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has ordered the arrest of Democratic lawmakers who fled the state to block a vote on a Republican-led redistricting plan. The move follows civil arrest warrants issued after the lawmakers travelled to Illinois to stop the bill,

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has ordered Democratic lawmakers to be brought back to the state capital after they left Texas in a bid to prevent voting on a Republican plan to redraw the state's congressional districts.