The Texas House wants to give the state prison system $160 million more to help care for inmates. The Senate wants to cut funding.

Judge Elsa Alcala ended her tenure critical of the death penalty and often pleading for policy changes from the state Legislature.

Blaine Milam was convicted in the 2008 East Texas death of his girlfriend's 13-month-old baby.

The chamber voted on a resolution that moves misconduct complaints to a committee with subpoena power.

Police use asset forfeiture to seize cash, cars and other property that they suspect is part of criminal activity. As our December story explains, they don't have to get a conviction, but property owners have to prove they're not a criminal.

The state put to death 13 men this year. That's more than half the total number of people executed in the entire country: 25. Still, the death row population — both here and nationwide — is at a historic low.

Law enforcement leaders say civil asset forfeiture is a necessary tool for fighting crime, but several lawmakers see it as a violation of Americans’ civil liberties. Texas legislators are poised to take up the issue once again in 2019.

It was the second time the appellate court has stopped an execution this month.

The court will hold oral arguments on whether to name a past supplier of the execution drug in January.

For the second time this year, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Friday halted an execution based on a 2017 U.S. Supreme Court ruling.

School districts received a 16-minute video and instruction guide to teach the newly required curriculum for high schoolers on proper interaction with law enforcement during traffic stops.

A recent allegation of sexual misconduct against a state senator highlights the ambiguity that remains at the Capitol over how Texas lawmakers respond to such cases.

Acker was convicted in the 2000 murder of his girlfriend in East Texas. Her body was found on the side of the road after neighbors said they saw him abduct her.

Clark was convicted in the Tyler murder of Christina Muse, whose body was found stuffed in a cement-filled barrel months after her death. Death penalty opponents say his conviction rested too heavily on a co-defendant's testimony.

Guyger shot Jean after she said she mistakenly entered his apartment on Sept. 6.