Minnesota’s pretrial system relies heavily on monetary bail and disproportionately impacts Black and Indigenous people and ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has scheduled a 10 a.m. news conference at the Capitol. No subject was listed in his announcement.