San Jacinto County prosecuted nearly 300 misdemeanor cases in 2023. In this poor region, nestled in the piney woods of East ...

U.S. Representative Jasmine Crockett, a Democrat from Texas, made remarks during a House Judiciary Subcommittee hearing on ...

The Opportunity Center in southwest Houston is designed to help high school-aged students turn their lives around.

Gov. Dan Patrick and Attorney General Ken Paxton — looked on as Trump signed the order in the White House’s East Room to begin shuttering the 45-year-old federal department. Trump vowed the ...

The latest Texas Court Of Criminal Appeals news from The Texas Tribune. By Natalia Contreras, Votebeat and The Texas Tribune March 21, 2025 Critics fear increased election prosecutions could ...

the Texas Department of State Health Services said. Hospitalizations in the state rose to 40 from 36, it said. The Texas health department said it has classified 307 patients as "unvaccinated or ...

Extra police officers and a huge backlog will put more pressure on the system An extra 729,000 cases are set to enter the criminal justice system by 2030, because of 20,000 extra police officers (see ...

President Trump signed executive orders on Thursday to begin the process of shutting down the Department of Education. He mentioned the state of Texas and Gov. Greg Abbott when talking about ...

The Justice Department ... Texas, with the state granting local law enforcement officers the power to arrest individuals they observe illegally crossing the border as well as providing for ...

Jake Rosen is a reporter covering the Department ... in Texas and New York local jails. Boasberg's ruling prevents the deportations of the plaintiffs and migrants for 14 days. The Justice ...

If successful, NBC 5 explored what the Department of Education does. It is unclear whether the far-reaching programs administered by Washington, D.C., will transfer to the Texas Education Agency.

The legal battle over Texas' immigration law Senate Bill 4, passed back in 2023, took a new turn as the U.S. Justice Department stepped back from its challenge against the legislation. Despite the ...