As a legal chess match continues over a death row inmate’s life, the Texas Supreme Court has weighed in, saying a legislative committee that delayed Robert Roberson’s execution date did not have the power to stop a scheduled sentence.

The Santa Fe Independent School District Board voted unanimously to request an outside review of district safety policies and procedures more than six years after a mass shooting at Santa Fe High School claimed the lives of eight students and two educators.

The state’s highest civil court said it wants a lower court to resolve a separation-of-powers issue raised by a group of Texas lawmakers who subpoenaed the death row inmate the night before he was set to be put to death.

Adult content creators are sounding the alarm after months of Texas being locked out of the world’s largest pornography website: PornHub.

“Our country is stronger when we come together in times of crisis, and Texas is immediately deploying additional support to help our fellow Americans as Florida braces for this major hurricane,” Governor Abbott said in a statement.

White was sentenced to death for the 1989 murders of twin 16-year old girls. However, White was connected to, and confessed to a total of five murders.

The State of Texas has executed a Harris County man tied to five murders from the late 1980s and 1990s.

Questions answered about November 2024 election voting

Welter (Arizona Cardinals) was the first-ever female coach in the NFL, while Katie Sowers (San Francisco 49ers) was the first ever female to coach in a Super Bowl. Sowers is now with Kansas City and joins eight female assistants throughout the NFL.

In less than two weeks, former Houston Police Department Narcotics Officer Gerald Goines will stand trial for the deadly 2019 Harding Street raid that resulted in the deaths of Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas. Get to know the key defense attorneys who will play pivotal roles in this significant Harris County trial, including Nicole Deborde Hochglaube, Molly Bagshaw, Corey Fawcett, George "Mac" Secrest, and William Reagan Wynn.

The State of Texas carried out the execution of Arthur Lee Burton, 54, at 6:47 p.m. Wednesday. Burton was convicted of the July 1997 murder of Nancy Adleman.

The Justice Department announced Thursday of its findings that the Texas Juvenile Justice Department (TJJD) has violated the U.S. Constitution, as well as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

An alligator that was discovered in a Richmond subdivision has a new home in Montgomery County after days of it being tied to a tree.

With the start of the 2024 college football season just over a month away, I thought it would be fun to look over the schedules of Texas’ most prominent programs and highlight a few matchups to keep an eye on in 2024.

A forensic laboratory in The Woodlands helped solve a cold case from 2001 where an infant was found dead on the side of a road in North Texas.

Cascos began his political career as a Democrat but later flipped to the Republican Party.

As living costs rise, young adults are seeking lucrative career paths. Ed Ryland, CEO of ARVO Realty Advisors, is mentoring the next generation in commercial real estate—a challenging yet rewarding field. Learn how his program offers internships, jobs, and mentorship to help you succeed.

Spring Branch ISD will vote on a resolution where they deem President Joe Biden’s change to Title IX as ‘unlawful’ while asking state lawmakers for more funding.

The summer months are in full swing, and Houstonians everywhere are dealing with the intense triple-digit temperatures that southeast Texas has become notorious for.

Officials said it happened on June 1. First responders headed to the scene where a vehicle collided with a Black Bear in Real County on Highway 83. Real County is northwest of San Antonio.

Friday, President Joe Biden approved a major disaster declaration for the State of Texas.

KPRC 2 Investigates Joel Eisenbaum wanted to know what that process was like to obtain a medical prescription for marijuana products.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is dropping a request for a Seattle hospital to hand over records regarding gender-affirming treatment potentially given to children from Texas as part of a lawsuit settlement announced Monday.

The Texas A&M Forest Service concluded that a fallen decayed utility pole caused the Smokehouse Creek fire.

Texas’ plans to arrest migrants suspected of illegally entering the U.S. will remain on hold under a federal appeals court order.

As a legal battle between state and federal government wages on over Texas' controversial immigration law, Mexico is making its voice heard on SB 4.

The largest wildfire ever to burn in the State of Texas continues its path of destruction across the Texas Panhandle.

Senate Bill 4, signed by Gov. Greg Abbott in December, has been a topic of controversy in Texas. Recently, a federal judge in Austin blocked the enforcement of SB 4. #SB4 #ImmigrationEnforcement #LegalBattle

Senate Bill 4 was Texas’ latest attempt to deter people from crossing the Texas-Mexico border amid a surge in migration.

After a shooting broke out at Lakewood Church on Sunday, several Texas lawmakers and local officials took to social media to respond.

From the Texas House to former President Donald Trump, Republicans around the country defended Gov. Greg Abbott’s challenges to the Biden administration's border policies.

Texas officers are still erecting border wire and some Republicans are calling on Gov. Greg Abbott to defy the high court.

The May 2022 mass shooting led to the murders of 19 students and two educators in the town of Uvalde.

The Texas Supreme Court has put on hold a judge’s ruling that approved an abortion for a pregnant woman whose fetus has a fatal diagnosis.

Immigration experts say the most recent proposals would raise constitutional challenges in the U.S. and Mexico, as federal courts have repeatedly ruled that immigration law enforcement falls under federal jurisdiction.

Texans soundly defeated a constitutional amendment that would have let judges stay on the bench longer. Proposition 13 would have increased the minimum retirement age from 70 to 75 and the mandatory retirement age from 75 to 79.

Last year, Judge Matthew Kacmsaryk closed off one of the only avenues for Texas teens to get confidential contraception. The 5th Circuit will hear arguments on the controversial case Monday.

Texas’ top criminal appeals court has stopped the scheduled execution of a Texas inmate who had been condemned for killing another prisoner more than 26 years ago.

Texas’ top criminal appeals court has stopped the scheduled execution of a Texas inmate who had been condemned for killing another prisoner more than 26 years ago.

The Texas Attorney General has filed a lawsuit over the breach of the state's controversial razor wire, strung along the border in key areas to deter immigration.

Attorney General Ken Paxton’s latest lawsuit against the federal government claims Border Patrol agents cut through concertina wire purchased and deployed at the border by the state.

The Lamar Consolidated Independent School District Police Department said two unknown suspects stole a generator and power tools from a school band hall in the Richmond area.

The judge tossed the suit after the university argued a new state law that will go into effect in January, Senate Bill 17, already prohibits preferential treatment in hiring at public universities.

Panetti murdered his in-laws in 1992. The U.S. Supreme Court in 2007 set new court precedent with his case, raising the bar on the constitutional restriction against executing the insane.

Comptroller Glenn Hegar said he disagreed with Paxton’s interpretation of the law and suggested he seek a ruling from the Texas Supreme Court.

The victory for Attorney General Paxton was not even close, it was overwhelming and it also was filled with much emotion especially afterwards from both sides with what took place in there.

See how Abbott’s confrontation with the federal government over the floating border barrier unfolded.

A jury pay increase went into effect in Harris County and the State of Texas, the county’s district clerk office announced Friday.

The penalty for vaping in Texas schools just got a lot harsher. Starting, Sept. 1 any student caught on school property with a vape will have to go to an alternative school program.

The Fort Bend County Fair announced Saturday the 2023 Grand Marshals of the fair as the Needville Little League team.

The seven-months-pregnant officer reported contraction-like pains at work, but said she wasn’t allowed to leave for hours. The anti-abortion state is fighting her lawsuit, in part by saying her fetus didn’t clearly have rights.

A Texas judge says the state’s abortion ban has proven too restrictive for women with pregnancy complications and must allow exceptions without the risk of doctors facing criminal charges.

Senate Bill 14, which is set to take effect on Sept. 1, bans transition-related care for minors. Parents of transgender kids say it blocks their ability to support their children.

Immigrant workers, community members, and allies will gather outside of the Houston City Hall to denounce newly-enacted Texas law HB-2127, according to a release.

The families argue the new law, which goes into effect Sept. 1, violates their parental rights by stopping them from providing medical care for their children and discriminates against transgender teens.

The City of Houston filed a lawsuit in Travis County against the State of Texas to declare House Bill 2127, also known as the “Death Star” or “Super” preemption bill, “unconstitutional, void, and unenforceable,” according to a news release.

The two largest contributions, $250,000 each, came from the hospitality and energy industries for the event that kicked off the third terms for Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick.

Officials in Harris County announced Wednesday their intent to sue the state of Texas over a pair of controversial bills which would impact elections in the county.

On Tuesday, the Texas State House unanimously passed Senate Bill 224 known as the “Deputy Darren Almendarez Act,” authored by State Senator Carol Alvarado. The bill garnered strong bipartisan support in noth chambers of the legislature.

An altercation involving two students at College Park High School in the Woodlands led up to a fight involving a folding knife Wednesday, the Conroe Independent School District said.

The second-deadliest US mass shooting of the year unfolded at an outlet mall in Texas on Saturday afternoon.

The shooter was also killed by a police officer after he opened fire in Allen. Gov. Greg Abbott called the shooting “an unspeakable tragedy.”

Authorities said nine people have died in a shooting at a Dallas area outlet mall Saturday.

The fight is the latest skirmish between Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar and Harris County leaders over whether they “defunded” law enforcement.

Texas Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee is calling on the federal government to intervene to stop the Texas Education Agency takeover of the Houston Independent School District.

The Greater Houston Coalition Justice announced Thursday the filing of a lawsuit for discrimination against the Texas Education Agency on behalf of the Houston Independent School District following the agency’s decision to take over the school district, according to a news release.

A Chinese crime operation bypassed the password clues of Texas.gov by using stolen identity information to fraudulently obtain replacement driver’s licenses.

In honor of Congresswoman Barbara Jordan’s birthday and a former slave that represented Fort Bend County in the Texas House of Representatives, volunteers from the Exchange Club gathered at former slave cemeteries in the area to help with cleaning efforts.

A person was shot and killed, and three others were injured after two gunmen reportedly opened fire in the Cielo Vista Mall in El Paso.

President Joe Biden signed the Respect for Marriage Act Tuesday, but the Texas constitution still only recognizes marriage between a man and a woman.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said on Wednesday that he's banned the use of the social media platform TikTok on any government-issued devices as he claims the "threat of the Chinese Communist Party gaining access to critical U.S. information and infrastructure continues to grow."

Nelson planned to retire from the Senate after 30 years in office. But her nomination will give Abbott a clearer path to having his nominee confirmed by the Senate after his last three have gone unconfirmed.

Residents living at a Dickinson apartment complex learned of an emergency order to vacate due to lack of hot water, which is creating an unsafe environment, the notice letter read.

Officials and administrators with the Conroe Independent School District took swift action after learning that one of their students made a threat about committing a shooting at this upcoming weekend’s Caney Creek High School homecoming dance, officials said.

UT-Austin professor Richard Lowery is represented by America First Legal — a group created by Stephen Miller, a policy adviser for former President Donald Trump, and Jonathan Mitchell, a former solicitor general for Texas and the legal architect of the state’s six-week abortion ban.

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SOMETIMES IT JUST TAKES THAT ONE TEAM TO BREAK THE MOLD. TO SILENCE THE CRITICS AND TO PROVE THE DOUBTERS WRONG.

A program developed by Harris County misdemeanor court judges is giving a second chance to eligible individuals to have their records sealed.

Governor Greg Abbott announced Wednesday that the Department of Public Safety (DPS) will be providing more than 30 law enforcement officers to campuses throughout the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District (UCISD) for the new school year.

Harris County Clerk Teneshia Hudspeth is hosting two events in an effort to help families who are in need of their child’s records for school registration.

With the start of a new school year just a few weeks away, districts across the Houston area are scrambling to fill thousands of vacant teaching positions.

The Texas attorney general would be the one to hold True the Vote accountable on allegations that it swindled a $2.5 million donor. But the nonprofit’s founder has been a friend and an ally.

The Cypress Fairbanks Independent School District held a committee meeting Tuesday to solicit feedback on ways to ensure campuses are safe and secure ahead of the upcoming school year.

The only thing falling out of the sky of late in Ganado, Texas is corn.

Abbott announced that his already $4 billion border mission would provide grant funding for cities and counties, following a press conference by some local officials calling on the governor to take more drastic action to secure the border.

State Sen. Roland Gutierrez and Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin are asking Gov. Greg Abbott to remove the Uvalde County district attorney from overseeing the Uvalde Together Resiliency Center.

Gov. Greg Abbott held a press conference Wednesday to provide an update on the state’s ongoing response to what he calls a “growing border crisis.”

Abortion providers could resume abortions under the current “heartbeat law” typically at about six weeks without the fear of being charged with a crime, a Harris County judge decided Tuesday.

Governor Greg Abbott held a press conference Friday at the Anzalduas International Bridge in Mission on the ongoing border security preparations at the Texas-Mexico border.

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick had asked House leaders to support his push for arming school police officers with bulletproof shields after the Uvalde shooting. House Speaker Dade Phelan is also asking for more money for mental health and school safety programs.

An 18-year-old man shot his own grandmother before storming into a West Texas elementary school and opening fire Tuesday morning, just two days shy of the end of the school year. During the rampage, 14 students and one teacher were killed, Texas Governor Greg Abbott said.

Dewberries, pawpaws, loquats and jujubes: These fruits offer are a welcome alternative to the typical produce section staples.

The U.S. Supreme Court has taken up a long-running legal dispute between the state of Texas and two Native American tribes: the Alabama-Coushatta tribe in Polk County and the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo tribe near El Paso.

A Texas district attorney says he will ask a judge to dismiss a murder charge against a woman over a self-induced abortion.

Texas law exempts a pregnant person from being charged with murder or any lesser homicide charge for an abortion.

The departure of three top officials in a week signals that officials may be looking to make changes to the heavily criticized mission. A soldier leading a unionization effort welcomed the moves.

Maj. Gen. Thomas M. Suelzer will take over as the military department’s new leader. He replaces Maj. Gen. Tracy Norris, who was criticized for her handling of Operation Lone Star, as adjutant general of the Texas Military Department.

A total of 50 people were arrested following one of the largest drug busts in south Texas in recent years, according to Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery and Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).

A Texas judge was scheduled to consider a statewide injunction on investigations of parents over obtaining gender-affirming care. The appeal now puts the hearing on hold.