The Texas DPS recognized its Crime Laboratory Division during National Forensic Science Week, highlighting the work of its 16 ...

Jimmy Blacklock, then general counsel in Gov. Greg Abbott's office, was the governor's choice to fill a vacancy on the Texas Supreme Court in 2018. Blacklock is now the court's chief justice. AUSTIN — ...

The Supreme Court of Texas' new chief justice is calling on the Legislature to significantly raise judicial salaries across the state as the Senate Finance Committee works through its budget bill.

Shawn Dick, Williamson County’s district attorney since 2017, says the current facilities are long overdue for an upgrade.

Arlington Police Officers block a street as Lamar High School students and faculty are evacuated after a school shooting left two people wounded and a suspect arrested, on Monday morning, March 20, ...

The DOJ found that officers overused pepper spray, kept youths in prolonged isolation and failed to protect them from sexual abuse. Giddings State School, a juvenile correctional facility managed by ...

Texas Supreme Court Justice Jeff Boyd will retire this summer. (Douglas Sweet Jr. For The Texas Tribune, Douglas Sweet Jr. For The Texas Tribune) Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit against Texas on Wednesday over a state law that allows undocumented residents to pay in-state tuition at the state’s public ...

Youth lockups in Texas remain beset by sexual abuse, excessive use of pepper spray and other mistreatment including the prolonged isolation of children in their cells, the Justice Department said ...