The commissioners courts in two of the most populous counties in the state passed resolutions asking for the governor to call a special session to address gun violence in schools.
New security measures include requiring three officers on buses, enhanced search procedures, and transporting high-risk inmates alone.
The state’s highest civil court offered clarification of the Texas ban on officials soliciting unrequested mail ballot applications.
After lowering trial efficacy to under 50%, the FDA is poised to give Emergency Use Authorization for COVID-19 vaccinations to children under five.
After a grandfather and four grandchildren were murdered by an escaped convict, state Sen. John Whitmire called for changes to inmate transport.
Houston’s Dr. Mary Talley Bowden and two other doctors say the FDA is illegally interfering with their ability to practice medicine.
Under indictment on two felony charges, Alex Triantaphyllis says District Attorney Kim Ogg is too biased to prosecute his case.
A felon charged in the shooting death of a Harris County woman was twice released on bond in Harris County in 2021 for possessing a weapon.
Rep. Troy Nehls wants to renew a portion of Biden’s 1994 anti-crime legislation, but expressed doubt about so-called red flag gun laws.
Chair of the Hispanic Republicans of Texas, Mano DeAyala defeated Shelley Barineau for the GOP nomination to represent the West Houston district in the 2023 legislative session.
After winning a special election earlier this month, former Houston councilwoman Jolanda Jones expanded her margin of victory in the Democratic runoff.
The West Point graduate and former Army captain ran away with more than 75 percent of the vote from a heated Republican runoff campaign.
