Opponents of the bail reform package say the proposed changes are based on false pretenses and could unjustly keep innocent ...

Members of the Texas Senate's Criminal Justice Committee heard testimony Wednesday on five bail-related bills aimed at ...

Texas lawmakers are discussing five proposed bail reforms, including one to prevent undocumented defendants from posting bail ...

"We will play hardball on this issue," Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick said during a news conference. At the event, Patrick ...

Senate Committee on Criminal Justice discuss bail reform during hearing at Texas Capitol. Recent court orders slowing down or indefinitely blocking President Donald Trump’s policy blitz have raised ...

A man wanted for touching a 7-year-old girl in Texas was previously investigated for several sexual assaults of young girls, police said.

Since Texas reinstated capital punishment and adopted lethal injection as its means of execution in 1977, the state has put ...

Faced with more immediate funding needs, state officials haven’t asked for more money for rehabilitation programs, such as ...

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick on Wednesday called on the Texas House to pass a series of bills designed to reform the state's bail ...

Patrick and State Sen. Joan Huffman say the Senate has passed bail reform bills with bipartisan support numerous times, but ...

A Texas man convicted of beating and suffocating a Dallas area pastor in his own church is facing scheduled execution ...