On an unusually warm February in Livingston, Texas, Audrii Cunningham, an 11-year-old girl whose only fault was being too kind, was kidnapped and brutally murdered by a man who entered her life just a ...

A proposed bill named after Audrii Cunningham aims to add child grooming to the list of crimes that would require a violator to register as a sex offender.

The Texas House on Thursday filed a sweep of education bills including public school finance and school voucher proposals.

Texas House Bill 3 introduces private school vouchers, stirring debate about educational funding and school choice.

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The concerns come as the Texas Senate passed legislation that would give judges more tools to deny bail for people charged ...

ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women ...

The debate over bail reform is intensifying in Texas, with Governor Greg Abbott declaring it an emergency item.

A Texas Senate committee gave unanimous approval to across-the-board pay raises for public school teachers, sending the nill ...

Texas lawmakers are considering significant reforms to the state's lottery system, with the possibility of discontinuing the ...

The proposal sets a few possible points of contention between the House and Senate, including how much money should families get through the program.

Sugar Land officials have begun the process to terminate the lease agreement with Wartsila Development and Financial Services Inc. for the city’s proposed power plant, city officials shared in an ...