Appeals court rejects effort to defend Texas law offering in-state tuition for undocumented students
A federal appeals court on Thursday rejected an effort to defend the Texas Dream Act, leaving in place a ruling that ended a longstanding state law that allowed some undocumented students to pay ...
Who Was Reagan Simmons-Hancock? Inside Her Life Before She Was Murdered by Taylor Parker
Hancock’s name has re-entered the national conversation nearly six years after her death, following the release of Netflix’s June 2026 documentary Maternal Instinct. The 21-year-old ...
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Judge orders Texas to admit all mentally ill jail detainees to state facilities within 21 days
The order came as part of a federal lawsuit over long wait times for Texas detainees who need their mental competency ...
The Texan
Sanction Upheld Against Harris County Criminal Court Judge Accused of False Bench Warrant
A special tribunal appointed by the Supreme Court of Texas has upheld a public reprimand of Harris County Criminal Court ...
Federal judge: Texas state hospital waitlist unconstitutional
After a decade-long court battle a federal district court in Texas has ruled the state’s system of making mentally ...