Harris County commissioners voted to adopt a construction safety policy that empowers officials to terminate contracts with ...

The announcement at a Texas Commission on Jail Standards meeting in Austin on Thursday morning was met with applause from the ...

Though commissioners recognized the county jail's improvements and efforts to reduce the total inmate population, its ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a motion in August to vacate the ODonnell Consent Decree, a first-of-its-kind bail ...

Jermaine Thomas will serve as judge for Harris County’s newly-created fifth civil court at law starting in December.

The rising number of youth sent from counties like Tarrant is helping to push the waitlist for beds in youth prisons to near ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said he wants to overhaul the state's property tax system if he is elected to a fourth term.

The core of the Voting Rights Act, which bars discrimination in voting, may be hollowed out in a case pending before the U.S. Supreme Court, say experts who are worried the court’s decision could ...