Governor Greg Abbott made bail reform one of his top priorities this legislative session. But the proposals he’s backing ...

U.S. Sen. John Cornyn appears to be taking his upcoming primary challenge by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton seriously.

The University of Texas System is investing $100 million in the School of Civic Leadership at its flagship Austin campus, to ...

If approved by Texas voters, the measure would grant judges discretion to hold violent defendants without bond pending trial.

The Texas Republican wants lawmakers to bar pretrial release to defendants accused of several violent offenses, which would ...

Abbott held a roundtable in Downtown Austin on Wednesday, where he met with bail reform advocates and family members of crime victims who were killed by defendants who were out on bond at the time.

As the deadline for House action nears, Abbott is urging lawmakers to back a constitutional amendment to keep violent ...

Gov. Greg Abbott is leaning on Democrats in the Texas House to pass a package of bail reform constitutional amendments that ...

Gov. Greg Abbott is leaning on Democrats in the Texas House to pass a package of bail reform constitutional amendments that ...

Three challengers defeated the incumbents in the May 3 Mansfield school board elections. Was it a referendum on Republican ...

While it is a fraction of the $11B that Abbott and Republicans from Texas in Congress have been seeking, the money would be a ...

While Gov. Greg Abbott steps up his push for stricter bail rules, critics seek a balance between the rights of the accused ...