DPS troopers racked up $3.7 million in overtime in the first 3 months of their special enforcement strategy in Austin.

Overtime records show that through Aug. 15, DPS averaged nearly $1.2 million in overtime per month for those first three ...

With an increase in arrests that are low level, nonviolent types of arrests, it pulls our prosecutors away from their work on ...

I couldn’t believe Florida was asking for my ID. They’re not even from here. They come here from Florida, where they don’t ...

AUSTIN, Texas - Thousands of migrants continued to cross the Rio Grande from Mexico into Texas. The main push is happening ...

Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday said next month’s special session will include border security proposals, following increased ...

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The Texas Department of Public Safety renewed the enhanced vehicle inspections this week at two border points of entry, the ...

An off-duty police officer shot a man he said was attempting to break into his downtown Houston apartment early Monday morning. Houston Police Department officers responded to a call in the 500 ...

In the first three months after the Texas Department of Public Safety began a special patrol assignment in Austin — first in partnership with the city and then, after the city backed out, on orders ...