Toluwani Osibamowo | The Texas Newsroom

Texas' high court judges make rulings that change state law, shape crucial daily legal processes like child custody and, in the case of the Court of Criminal Appeals, decide matters of life and death.

Texts and pamphlets purportedly sent out by a Texas transgender advocacy group were soon debunked as fake. But the scheme highlights how hard it can be to stem the flow of incessant political marketing during election season — and to reverse its harmful effects.

Shandra Carter' sudden departure comes weeks after KERA and The Texas Newsroom revealed the disturbing effects of an unprecedented lockdown across the agency's facilities.

Counties must now process affected voter registrations before Monday, when Texans can start voting early in the midterm elections.

Advocacy groups demand changes at Texas' youth prisons after KERA News and The Texas Newsroom reported that children have been subjected to unprecedented levels of isolation.

Kids threatened suicide, urinated on themselves and were pepper sprayed in the early days of a statewide lockdown of Texas' five youth prisons. The first-of-its-kind move has youth advocates, experts and former staff wondering if the restrictive protocol is doing more harm than good.

Gov. Greg Abbott says the bill is aimed at preventing, "Sharia compounds" he claims endanger Texans.

Los arrestos de ICE y otras medidas de deportación están aumentando a medida que las órdenes del presidente Donald Trump cambian rápidamente el panorama de las leyes de inmigración. Así es como funcionan esos procesos.

Charles Don Flores is on death row for a 1998 Farmers Branch murder. A professor says his and others' research on witness memory could prove Flores' innocence.