The Texas Capitol in Austin. A Texas state bill could charge transgender people with “gender identity fraud,” making it illegal to identify as trans on official documents and potentially leading to ...

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Inmates in the Liberty County Jail will be relocated to other contracted facilities after the state ordered the jail’s operations to be immediately suspended. The jail in the county northeast of ...

AUSTIN — Members of a state-appointed commission on jail standards commended Harris County on Thursday for addressing long-standing detention officer staffing issues and making efforts to end inmate ...

A new filing with the Texas Workforce Commission showed about 900 Texans would be without a job by the end of August. The root cause: The Texas Department of Criminal Justice is taking over the reins ...

HOUSTON — Two major bail reform proposals are moving forward in the Texas state legislature, sparking debate between those who see the measures as enhancing public safety and critics who warn they ...

The Texas Senate, by nearly unanimous votes, has passed a package of bail reform legislation that would authorize judges to deny bail to people without legal status to be in the U.S. who are charged ...

STRIVE graduate Melyna Rodriguez wipes a tear during the graduation ceremony inside the chapel at the Patrick O'Daniel Unit in Gatesville on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025. GATESVILLE — As Amanda Morgan ...

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Texas state troopers discovered 23 people suspected of being in the country illegally hidden inside the sleeping compartment ...

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