Ghastly stories of tragic deaths, horrific injuries, torrential sexual abuse, and bellying-up small businesses subsumed the debate over technical legalese in a high-profile tort reform bill intended ...

Gov. Greg Abbott and Republican state lawmakers leading a push for bail reform met with crime victims and law enforcement officials in Austin on Wednesday and publicly pressed House Democrats to ...

Rene Ramirez is relieved that his ranch house and working ranch operations won’t be destroyed by a planned expansion of U.S. Highway 83 in Zapata County. Ramirez can continue to enjoy the peaceful ...

FBI Houston arrested six alleged members of a criminal ring for “sex trafficking and sexual exploitation of children” as a part of a coordinated national operation that resulted in the arrest of 225 ...

The Texas House debated for nearly six hours on Thursday a bill aimed at preventing individuals and entities from adversarial countries from purchasing land in the state, with a plethora of arguments ...

Legislation that would require all users to show ID, as well as mandate parental consent for minors, to download apps on mobile devices passed the House with ...

This past weekend my sister got married in a beautiful, 100-plus-years-old church in Southeastern Texas. It was a lovely event full of family, friends, BBQ and beer (in true Texas style), flowers, ...