Sen. Joan Huffman has filed a bill that proposes to raise the state's base salary for judges from $140,000 to $161,000 — a ...

The chief justice of the Texas Supreme Court urged the state legislature to raise salaries for judges across the state.

A federal judge filed a last-minute order extending a court agreement ensuring protections for children in federal custody ...

Trump's Justice Dept. may drop the U.S. challenge to SB 4, but other plaintiffs have vowed to push forward against Texas' ...

The ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit applied the Supreme Court’s “historical tradition” test.

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice announced the expansion of its Virtual Court Program, a groundbreaking initiative ...

No longer just campaign trail rhetoric, President Donald Trump’s insistence that immigration to the United States amounts to an “invasion” may be critical to unlocking extraordinary powers as the ...

Trump’s new directive that aims to increase death sentences clashes with some Texas lawmakers’ efforts to add guardrails to ...

January 30, the city, along with TAMIU, held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the opening of its state-of-the-art tennis complex ...

A federal court in Texas issued an injunction to keep a woman from distributing revenge porn of her ex-boyfriend online after ...

Which teams are truly proving themselves in the jumbled SEC league standings? Love for Ace Bailey. Who is your coach of the year?

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