The states allege that the decision to end the Migrant Protection Protocols was “arbitrary and capricious.”
The City of Austin has enacted significant reforms to policing and public safety since 2017 including a massive budget cut and redirection for its police department.
A representative of CrimeStoppers said that since 2018, killings in Harris County by individuals free on bond have more than doubled.
There have been more than half a million enforcement encounters in the southwest region so far this fiscal year.
A Harris County report sparked controversy for excluding data from the district attorney’s office, and commissioners clash over felony bail legislation.
During their tour with Texas public safety officers, the senators made an unnerving discovery on the river.
Sen. Ted Cruz blasted President Biden over transparency as the White House doubles down on its position that there is “not a crisis.”
A committee hearing on bail reform featured testimony from Harris County's district attorney and victim’s families, with opposition from some criminal justice reformers.
The director of the Texas Department of Public Safety said traffickers make false promises to entrap victims.
A man charged with murdering a Houston police officer was released on bond just hours after police Chief Acevedo lambasted Harris County judges over felony bond practices.
Candidates to represent Dallas City Council District 9 traded bitter accusations.
In the Rio Grande Valley, Gov. Greg Abbott blasted the president for his immigration policies as border enforcement encounters spike.
A report for Harris County acknowledges spikes in violent crime, but says misdemeanor bail reform policies are unrelated and are helping to reduce misdemeanor filings and use of cash bail.
During a discussion on policing and criminal justice reform, Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo warned of a coming public backlash on lenient felony bond policies.
Houston will launch a “March on Crime” initiative to provide crime tips and encourage communications with law enforcement as the region experiences skyrocketing homicide and assault rates.
Turner and Acevedo addressed the city’s rising homicide rate and called for Harris County judges and magistrates to stop issuing multiple PR bonds to felony suspects.
The Justice Department says the narcotics have an estimated street value of $5.4 million.
Almost 2,000 pounds of methamphetamine were reportedly seized along Interstate 35.
New controversy over felony bail bond practices erupted in Harris County after a sheriff’s deputy was allegedly shot by a suspect out on multiple bonds.
As Harris County faces a case clearance backlog and criminal justice staffing shortages, commissioners approve a temporary staff increase for the district attorney’s office.
