The Tyler Morning Telegraph is reporting that the 16-year-old Tyler special education student who fatally stabbed his teacher in September (referenced in today's story on restraints) has been found competent to stand trial. Full Story
We've created "On the Records" to help you explore these databases and records — and the visualizations, mashups and stories that use them. Full Story
Gov. Rick Perry today appointed state appellate court justice Eva Guzman to the Texas Supreme Court. Full Story
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Just days before it was set to review a case in which the state has been accused of executing an innocent man, Gov. Rick Perry replaced the chairman and two other members of an independent state forensics panel. Full Story
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More than two-dozen people have asked Gov. Rick Perry to appoint them to replace former Texas Supreme Court Justice Scott Brister, who resigned recently to return to private practice. Full Story
The executive director of the state's data and information technology agency stepped down last month. Brian Rawson, who spent the last three years overseeing the state's data consolidation and telecommunications efforts for the Department of Information Resources, will run "statewide data initiatives" for the Texas Education Agency. Full Story
El Paso District Judge Bill Moody said Monday that he plans to make a third run for the Texas Supreme Court. Full Story