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Texas lawmakers are pushing harsher criminal penalties while prison and jail populations soar
Texas lawmakers are pushing more than 100 bills to clamp down on crime, threatening to overcrowd the state’s jails and ...
Texas, Louisiana both halted imminent executions on Tuesday. What's going on?
Minutes apart, courts in the neighboring states of Louisiana and Texas each stopped upcoming executions, one on Thursday and ...
Travis County DA says indictment deadlines are a challenge in Texas but evidence is slim.
The American-Statesman found that local prosecutors in other major urban counties do not routinely miss the 90-day deadline ...
ProPublica and The Texas Tribune Name Vianna Davila as New Texas Deputy Editor
ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest.
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Texas lawmakers scold juvenile justice department over scathing DOJ report
Democratic state Rep. Gene Wu criticized the department for treating an August 2024 federal report as “nothing.” ...
Texas Senate committee advances bill to crack down on mail theft
It would expand the state's current mail theft statute, adding a specific offense for stealing mail keys or mailbox locks.
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Some Texas police say high-speed chases keep the public safe. Here’s what happens when they don’t
More and more people are dying during high-speed police chases. Officers, suspects and people who weren’t involved in the chase aren't always protected from grave harm.