Three Republican judges heard oral arguments Wednesday after a lower court blocked Attorney General Ken Paxton’s efforts to ...

Paxton launched a state data privacy and security initiative focused on “aggressive enforcement” of Texas privacy laws. Elon ...

Since falling out of compliance, the Harris County Jail has seen at least 55 inmate deaths, a gun smuggled inside, and inmates not receiving proper medication.

The agreements, announced by Attorney General Ken Paxton Feb. 4, are among the latest developments in a case that alleges the ...

The move escalates the state’s efforts to improve conditions in Harris County’s jail system, which has struggled to comply ...

ProPublica and The Texas Tribune took a snapshot of the blitz of executive orders Trump has signed since taking office by ...

SB 51 will be heard in the House next week, and if it passes there, it will head to Gov. Larry Rhoden’s desk for final ...

Mica Rosenberg, and Perla Trevizo, design by Zisiga Mukulu ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published.

Despite President Donald Trump’s stated concern over fentanyl trafficking and national security threats, his Department of Justice is directing federal law enforcement and prosecutors to prioritize ...

Texas has a Republican trifecta and a Republican triplex. The Republican Party controls the offices of governor, secretary of state, attorney general, and both chambers of the state legislature. As of ...

WASHINGTON – Moving swiftly to align the Justice Department with President Donald Trump’s agenda, Attorney General Pam Bondi on Wednesday issued a flurry of directives including the creation ...

The attorney general had all kinds of first-day moves, but the creation of the Justice Department’s “Weaponization Working Group” was the most ridiculous. By Steve Benen When Merrick Garland ...