Jimmy Blacklock, then general counsel in Gov. Greg Abbott's office, was the governor's choice to fill a vacancy on the Texas Supreme Court in 2018. Blacklock is now the court's chief justice. AUSTIN — ...

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — Texas has too few lawyers to serve the diverse legal needs of a rapidly-growing population — the state’s highest civil court worries. It is a ‘justice gap’ they say often cuts the ...

When Nathan Hecht ran for the Texas Supreme Court in 1988, no Republican had ever been elected to the state’s highest civil court. His election foreshadowed a coming transformation of the court, civil ...

The Supreme Court of Texas' new chief justice is calling on the Legislature to significantly raise judicial salaries across the state as the Senate Finance Committee works through its budget bill.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department found on Thursday that Texas has routinely violated the civil rights of juveniles at five of its detention facilities by using excessive force, ...

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AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence met on Tuesday to discuss conditions inside the state's juvenile detention facilities. According to the Texas Juvenile Justice ...