In what a local criminal appellate specialist describes as a rare move, the state’s highest criminal appellate court this ...

While the Lottery Commission says it can’t regulate sales to couriers, lawmakers want changes after two major jackpots were ...

Senate Joint Resolution 1, or "Jocelyn's Law," would keep people without authority to be in the U.S. who are charged with ...

HB 2466 could change when employers ask about criminal history—but key details remain unclear. Find out what’s at stake, ...

Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion in 2021, ProPublica found in a first-of-its-kind ...

Officers with the Texas Department of Public Safety recently arrested two immigrants in South Texas who they say are ...

A proposed bill named after Audrii Cunningham aims to add child grooming to the list of crimes that would require a violator to register as a sex offender.

Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson has filed an appeal for a new trial. Roberson was convicted of murdering his ...

A 56-year-old woman who was in the custody of the Tarrant County Sheriff's Office died Tuesday at a county hospital.

Oilmen against limits on oil production attacked a state representative at the Stephen F. Austin hotel in 1933. The attack ...

Texas lawmakers instituted a sweeping six-week abortion ban in 2021, using the threat of criminal conviction to sway ...