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

James Edward Smith was sentenced to death by lethal injection in June 1990 following the murder of life insurance worker ...

A prisoner who has been rotting inside a sweltering Texas prison for the past 16 years fears he "won't make it out alive" ...

The 90th Judicial District Attorney’s Office has announced the following lists of cases that were pleaded in February, March and April 2025.

The Texas House has passed a bill that would require state prisons to have air conditioning. The bill would require the Texas ...

An Austin federal judge has declared extreme heat in Texas prisons “plainly unconstitutional." The bill faces an uphill battle in the Senate.

Julio Ricardo Trujillo, the man accused of having an improper relationship between a teacher and student, was arraigned ...

The 89-43 vote comes less than two months after an Austin federal judge declared extreme heat in Texas prisons “plainly ...

A Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) inmate called in a bomb threat to the Hillsboro Elementary School, according to ...

The Texas House gave preliminary approval Thursday to a bill requiring prisons to have air conditioning by the end of 2032.