A House priority bill undercuts previous reforms aimed at ensuring young children can remain in school except under the most ...

Texas lawmakers are pushing more than 100 bills to clamp down on crime, threatening to overcrowd the state’s jails and ...

A Texas man was sentenced to 50 years in prison this week after a jury convicted him in the death of his wife last year. Krystlynne Robertson was found dead at the home she shared with Christopher ...

Tyler Wakefield, 27, was sentenced to 15 years in prison after a Collin County judge heard "chilling" testimony of his ...

Robert Earl Cochran Jr., 63, of Alvin, received a 300-month federal prison sentence for distribution and possession of child ...

Dehshid “David” Nourian was sentenced last month to 17 1/2 years in prison for health care fraud, money laundering and ...

A Senate bill filed Friday does not expand abortion access, but aims to give doctors clarity while operating under laws that ...

Texas’ prison population is projected to increase by about 10% over the next five years, according to the Legislative Budget Board, and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice continues to ...

A former tax preparer from Mansfield is headed to federal prison and must repay more than $10 million after pleading guilty ...

Editor’s Note: The Texas Observer sought TDCJ responses to ... Last year, I saw a transition start to take place inside the prison where I had been incarcerated. Chemical agents were being ...

The Plano man was sentenced to 17 years and six months in prison, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

A Texas lawmaker has introduced a bill to change the language in the state’s abortion laws to make it clearer when exceptions ...