A Texas law that criminalizes abortion went into effect in August 2022, after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Under the law, physicians who provide abortions can be charged with a first ...

Texas’ 2013 law that allows for new trials in cases with flawed scientific evidence was pioneering. But the state’s highest criminal court has rejected most of those challenges. Robert Roberson seeks ...

AUSTIN, Texas — The 88th Texas legislative session starts in January. Monday, Nov. 14, was the first day Texas lawmakers and legislators-elect could file bills ahead of the session. As of Thursday, ...

The TPI’s enabling statute may be found at Texas Government Code Chapter 2177. The TPI Business Plan submitted on September 30, 2024, may be found at ...

(NEXSTAR) — The state of Texas has more than a few of oddball laws on its books — it’s still illegal to milk to someone else’s cow, for instance — but for the most part, they’re not ultra-enforceable.

The law would expand the legal definition in the Texas criminal code of what is considered to be an illegal public performance of sexual conduct in front of children. HOUSTON — A federal judge on ...

In 1998, four Harris County deputies arrested John Geddes Lawrence Jr. and Tyron Garner after a jealous acquaintance made a false report to police alleging that one of the men had been “going crazy ...