Hundreds of Texas House bills died on Friday, but 18 survived to the next round, including some key bipartisan issues such as ...

After reports of rampant abuse in youth prisons, lawmakers want more kids in adult prisons and seek to restrict watchdog ...

The professors were one of 11 entities that filed legal briefs on the issue, all of which advocated for all deaths in county ...

Wesley Ira Purkey was sentenced to death in 2020 for the rape and murder of a 16-year-old girl, and the killing of an 80-year ...

Economic Hardship Reporting Project and The Chronicle of Higher Education investigate university-run prison health care ...

Doug Myers is a digital content producer for CBS Texas. A longtime journalist, Doug has worked for four newspapers in Texas and Louisiana and for three television stations in Texas. He has also ...

There are new rules for those visiting Texas prisons. Recommendations presented by the prison system’s general counsel, ...

A Travis County jury has convicted a man of aggravated sexual assault. On April 24, a jury found 28-year-old Jerris Harris ...

Talk about some serious coin.Millions of coins spilled onto a Texas highway this week after a tractor-trailer hauling $800,000 in dimes rolled over in an accident, authorities said.The spillage ...

APRIL 29, 2025 — Next month’s Texas Demographic Conference is poised to shed light on current and anticipated population ...

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is cracking down on leaks of information to the news media, with Attorney General Pam Bondi saying prosecutors will once again have authority to use subpoenas ...

The three-count indictment, filed April 8 in the Southern District of Texas, alleges Lynn Price and others conspired to set fire to Bar 5015 in June 2020. TIMELINE: The legal saga and ...