Experts worry this punishment will lead to worse outcomes for kids who are transferred to adult facilities. Texas lawmakers ...

The Fentanyl Child Endangerment Act, HB 166, was sent to Governor Greg Abbott on Tuesday after passing the Texas Senate late ...

Texas Senate State Affairs Committee unanimously voted for SB-835, adopting the preferred language of witnesses in favor of ...

However, none of the dozen Texas law enforcement agencies that the news organizations reached — including three that Hansmire ...

Current state law allows children as young as 16 to marry if they are legally emancipated from their parents, a situation ...

Laredo police announced a two-week operation targeting seat belt violators. LPD along with the Texas Department of Public ...

" Texas lawmakers want to spend millions on Child ID kits. Experts say there’s no evidence they work. " was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that ...

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

However, none of the dozen Texas law enforcement agencies that the news ... Stacey Pearson, a child safety consultant and former Louisiana State Police sergeant who oversaw that state’s ...