Texas State Rep. Barbara Gervin-Haskins speaks during a news conference Tuesday in Aurora. Authorities are investigating a bomb threat Wednesday against a St. Charles conference center where Democratic Texas lawmakers have been staying since leaving their state Sunday. AP

St. Charles police are investigating a bomb threat Wednesday morning at a conference center where Democratic Texas state lawmakers have been staying.

About 400 people were evacuated at about 7:15 a.m. from the Q Center hotel and convention complex, according to police.

A property search by police and the Kane County bomb squad uncovered no explosives, officials said.

Anyone with information about the threat is asked to call police at (630) 377-4435.

Members of the Texas state House have been staying in the West subu

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