Texas parents who refuse to affirm their child’s gender identity or sexual orientation would be exempt from state definitions ...

Before the House takes a final vote on the bill, it could face a proposal that would allow adults and minors to marry if ...

BRENHAM, Texas – A Texas child was found dead Tuesday after she was swept away by floodwaters Monday as other teams raced to ...

Child marriages in Texas could end this year, as state lawmakers debate a proposal to close a loophole that allows certain 16 ...

So far in 2025, at least 15 children in Texas, ranging from 11 months to 16 years old, have drowned, according to the Texas ...

Current state law allows children as young as 16 to marry if they are legally emancipated from their parents, a situation ...

Texas legislators slipped millions for child ID kits into a 1,000-page budget proposal. The move comes two years after they ...

In an effort to support the more than half a million Texas children lacking child care, the Legislature is considering ...

Texas lawmakers are debating a bill to close a loophole allowing 16- and 17-year-olds to marry under certain conditions.

Emmett Cole, a 30-year-old man with a prior sexual assault conviction from the military, has been charged with felony fourth-degree child molestation in Texas County, Missouri, after allegedly ...