President Donald Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act, a 1798 law giving him immense powers to deport noncitizens in a time of ...

It was just a few sentences in a meandering, hourlong presidential speech on a Friday afternoon. Along with talk about ...

The five bills that would require complete air conditioning in state prisons haven’t had a hearing yet, and the money set for ...

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (KBTX) - A day after the Huntsville ISD school board met to formally terminate the employment of two ...

Lawmakers are pursuing legislative changes that would keep more people locked up in overcrowded county jails while awaiting ...

More than 80,000 Texas prisoners live in facilities that lack air conditioning. They have former state senator and Houston ...

For decades, road-trippers zoomed right past Wimberley, Texas—with its scenic vistas, untamed terrain, lazy tubing rivers, ...

an inmate who was housed in a Huntsville cell where temperatures exceeded 110 degrees. The new filing expanded the plaintiffs ...

A federal judge’s finding that extreme heat in Texas prisons is unconstitutional could lead to the state being ordered to ...

Judge Robert Pitman says inmates who sued the state could win their case but that the fix is not easy or cheap.

A federal judge has found the extreme heat in Texas prisons that don’t have air conditioning is “plainly unconstitutional.” ...