The debate over bail reform is intensifying in Texas. On Tuesday, controversial bail changes passed by the Texas Senate were scrutinized by the House Committee ...

As the Texas House debates bills to make it easier to deny bail for defendants accused of violent crimes, the American Civil ...

A yearslong spike of in-custody deaths in the Tarrant County Jail could come under scrutiny by the Texas Legislature with a bipartisan pair of bills filed by Tarrant County House members Nicole ...

Minutes apart, courts in the neighboring states of Louisiana and Texas each stopped upcoming executions, one on Thursday and ...

The shift comes after the governor's office told agency officials that lawmakers are examining remote-work policies while ...

Democratic state Rep. Gene Wu criticized the department for treating an August 2024 federal report as “nothing.” ...

Texas Christian University is a private institution where all of the online graduate-level criminal justice classes are recorded and archived so that students can access lecture material at their ...

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has made recent appointments to the Texas Juvenile Justice Board, selecting individuals to help steer the juvenile justice system in the state. Matthew Marick, Joe ...

A husband is accused of killing his wife, an active-duty soldier, while two children were in the home, Texas police said. Getty Images/iStockphoto An active-duty soldier was shot to death in her ...

Before he was appointed to the bench in 2017, Blacklock worked under Gov. Greg Abbott, first at the attorney general’s office and then as his general counsel, helping lead some of Texas ...

This week, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott asked the Texas Rangers to investigate two Lotto Texas jackpots involving virtual ticket sales: this month’s $83.5 million prize, and a $95 million jackpot ...

The first measles death has been reported in West Texas amid the outbreak that has infected more than 100 people, the Associated Press reported on Wednesday morning. Melissa Whitfield, a ...