The move from the Texas Supreme Court comes more than a year after an Austin-based appeals court said the agency must reveal a 2014 supplier of lethal injection drugs.
Jolie McCullough
Jolie McCullough was a reporter at The Texas Tribune from 2015 to 2023. She began as a data visualization journalist and then reported on criminal justice policy, ranging from policing and courts to prisons and the death penalty. She joined the Tribune from the Albuquerque Journal, her hometown newspaper. She previously worked at the Arizona Republic and is a graduate of Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
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After Santa Fe shooting talks, Abbott expresses support for mental health checks, reporting stolen guns
The Republican governor said he could get behind a few proposed regulations that arose from the second day of discussions on school and gun safety after a fatal shooting in Santa Fe.
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Criminal Justice
Democratic state Rep. Ron Reynolds likely headed to jail after Texas Court of Criminal Appeals refuses to review his case
The Missouri City representative will still be able to keep his seat because it was a misdemeanor conviction.
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott touts immediate plans to stop school shootings, but avoids talk of a special session
Republican Gov. Greg Abbott hosted his first of three roundtable discussions on gun violence at the Capitol Tuesday.
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Criminal Justice
Rare death inside Texas juvenile lockup being investigated as a “possible suicide”
The death of a 16-year-old boy came at a facility where only three of six mental health staff positions were filled as of January.
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Politics
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announces roundtable discussions on school safety after Santa Fe shooting
Lawmakers will meet with students, educators and advocates on both side of the guns debate starting Tuesday to discuss potential legislative changes in light of the Santa Fe High School shooting.
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Criminal Justice
Will Texas have to push back the expiration dates on its lethal injection drugs?
Texas currently has eight executions scheduled through October, but records obtained on Monday showed that most of the drugs the state had in stock were set to expire in July.
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Criminal Justice
Texas executed Juan Castillo, who said he was innocent, for 2003 San Antonio murder
A Texas death row inmate was executed Wednesday — his fourth execution date in a year. Though advocates and his attorneys insisted on Juan Castillo’s innocence, he lost all his fights in court and was put to death for a 2003 San Antonio murder.
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Criminal Justice
In reversal, Texas agency says ex-FBI agent who called Islam “barbaric and evil” can’t train law enforcement
The Texas Commission on Law Enforcement had previously indicated it would allow continuing education credits for John Guandolo’s “Understanding the Jihadi Threat to America” course.
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Texas House Speaker Joe Straus creates work group to combat sexual harassment in the Legislature
In December, the House updated its sexual harassment policy after reports from The Texas Tribune and The Daily Beast put a spotlight on the widespread misconduct.
