A Texas law that criminalizes abortion went into effect in August 2022, after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Under the law, physicians who provide abortions can be charged with a first ...

(NEXSTAR) — The state of Texas has more than a few of oddball laws on its books — it’s still illegal to milk to someone else’s cow, for instance — but for the most part, they’re not ultra-enforceable.

AUSTIN, Texas — The 88th Texas legislative session starts in January. Monday, Nov. 14, was the first day Texas lawmakers and legislators-elect could file bills ahead of the session. As of Thursday, ...

The law would expand the legal definition in the Texas criminal code of what is considered to be an illegal public performance of sexual conduct in front of children. HOUSTON — A federal judge on ...

Texas’ 2013 law that allows for new trials in cases with flawed scientific evidence was pioneering. But the state’s highest criminal court has rejected most of those challenges. Robert Roberson seeks ...

In 1998, four Harris County deputies arrested John Geddes Lawrence Jr. and Tyron Garner after a jealous acquaintance made a false report to police alleging that one of the men had been “going crazy ...

Texas is one of several states that has “stand your ground” or self-defense laws, but what exactly does that mean? For example, does the law give motorists on Texas highways the green light to shoot ...

FORT WORTH, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A jury in Fort Worth has found that Washington, D.C.-based Consilio, which bills itself as the world’s largest e-discovery firm, violated a Texas criminal statute ...

Former Detective Brian Wharton testifies during a Criminal Jurisprudence hearing on death row inmate Robert Roberson on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024 in Austin. Wharton was an investigator in the case of ...