Chief Justice Nathan Hecht delivers his State of the Judiciary speech at the Texas Supreme Court in Austin on April 5, 2023. (Leila Saidane/The Texas Tribune, Leila Saidane/The Texas Tribune) Sign up ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) – “Should the decision to call for an investigation in the cause of an unnatural death be placed in the hands of a public official or in those of a person who is trained in the medical ...

There is a hierarchy to the Texas court system. At the top are the Texas Supreme Court and the Court of Criminal Appeals. The Texas Supreme Court is the final appellate jurisdiction in civil and ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit against Texas on Wednesday over a state law that allows undocumented residents to pay in-state tuition at the state’s public ...

The Justice Department on Wednesday sought to block a Texas law that for decades has given college students without legal residency in the U.S. access to reduced in-state tuition rates. Texas was the ...

In Texas, people want to see fairness when it comes to crime and punishment. Justice should treat everyone equally, regardless of who they are or where they come from. But what if the system isn't as ...

The Huntsville Unit, the state’s oldest prison in Texas dating to 1849, is shown here on Oct. 10, 2017. The state of Texas is defending its prison system against a lawsuit that says the lack of air ...

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TEXAS, USA — When Nathan Hecht ran for the Texas Supreme Court in 1988, no Republican had ever been elected to the state’s highest civil court. His election foreshadowed a coming transformation of the ...