Texas on Tuesday is set to execute Matthew Johnson, a Dallas County man who admitted to killing a 76-year-old convenience ...

Matthew Lee Johnson was convicted of killing Nancy Harris in Garland, Texas in May 2012. Harris died five days after Johnson ...

As clips of Texas lawmakers breaking gavels go viral on social media, the Statesman set about to find out where they're made.

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State-run prisons would be required to have air conditioning by the end of 2032 under a bill advanced by the Texas House on ...

The bill would require the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to install air conditioning at each of its facilities by the ...

After reports of rampant abuse in youth prisons, lawmakers want more kids in adult prisons and seek to restrict watchdog ...

The Wichita County District Attorney has filed a petition, asking the highest court in Texas to reinstate the capital murder ...