Granting him one opportunity to surrender, the court directed that his bail plea be decided on the same day, provided he ...

The Texas Legislature was back in session Tuesday, taking up one of the emergency items Governor Greg Abbott identified in his recent State of the State ...

The Republican’s Senate Bill 40 would ban political subdivisions from sending public funds to nonprofits that pay bail bonds ...

Authorities say additional elderly victims in the state's Iron Range were also targeted by the "grandparent scam." ...

Las Vegas prosecutors charged Davis on one count of murder with use of a deadly weapon, and he's pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder. He claimed in a memoir that he was in the car with his ...

On Wednesday, a senate committee advanced the bail bond package they claim will give judges more opportunities to deny bail to suspects they believe are a threat.

The package of bills would tighten the state's bail laws to keep more people in jail — including undocumented immigrants — ...

"We will play hardball on this issue," Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick said during a news conference. At the event, Patrick ...

Patrick and State Sen. Joan Huffman say the Senate has passed bail reform bills with bipartisan support numerous times, but ...

Opponents of the bail reform package say the proposed changes are based on false pretenses and could unjustly keep innocent ...

Texas Senator Joan Huffman, who represents parts of the Houston region, said the bills will be known as "Jocelyn's law" and ...

Members of the Texas Senate's Criminal Justice Committee heard testimony Wednesday on five bail-related bills aimed at ...