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Texas lawmakers want to make a major change to the way cash bail is set. Their target: Harris County.
State Sen, Joan Huffman, R-Houston, top left, is calling for elected judges to make more bail decisions. She is backed by ...
17-year-olds are adults in Texas’ legal system. Why?
A 17-year-old can’t buy alcohol, guns, lottery tickets and tobacco, vote, enlist in the military or serve on a jury, but ...
‘Arrests are not enough’: UT leaders call out prosecutors, judicial system in letter about campus safety
The University of Texas at Austin released a statement Friday regarding the safety and security of its students.
A $190M South Texas courthouse finally opened. It already needs more space
Officials in Hidalgo County, located in the Rio Grande Valley, are worried about Texas bills proposing more courts, as the new courthouse is already full.
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Gov. Greg Abbott touts his influence on Texas courts to conservative law group
Speaking to a gathering of conservative lawyers, judges and students at the University of Texas at Austin Law School on ...
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UT Austin leaders say 'arrests are not enough' after man continues to terrorize people on the Drag
UT families, students, faculty, staff and visitors are rightly frustrated. The most recent example is a violent offender who ...
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Texas GOP lawmakers file bill to require local DAs to report releases of unindicted inmates
Jeff Leach, a North Texas Republican and chair of the House judiciary and civil jurisprudence ... “This increased transparency in the criminal justice system will provide Texans with vital ...