Open records bills push back on court rulings
James Pinson is on a roll.
The attorney for the city of Dallas is laying out his case for the Texas Supreme Court, explaining that…
Lawyer: SEIU could face racketeering suit
Houston — The attorney for a janitorial company that won a multimillion-dollar defamation verdict against the Service Employees International Union of Texas said that…
Plea deals offered to former EPISD administrators
Five former administrators of the El Paso Independent School District could do less time for their roles in a district-wide cheating scheme that was…
State Rep. Dawnna Dukes indicted, faces up to 28 years in…
A Travis County grand jury has indicted State Rep. Dawnna Dukes on abuse-of-office charges. A conviction could put her behind bars for up to…
New players in Legislature’s debate over rideshare drivers
It had been deadly quiet for nearly a month since three state senators filed bills that would wrest authority to regulate ridesharing companies from…
Feds raid Senator Carlos Uresti’s law office in San Antonio
FBI and IRS agents raided the law offices of State Senator Carlos Uresti Thursday morning in an investigation of his involvement with a company…
SAISD leadership rocked by bribery arrest
Olga Hernandez, a trustee on the board of the San Antonio Independent School District, was arrested Thursday on federal charges that she accepted cash,…
Taxpayer dollars for domestic violence hotline squandered
Austin — Federal funds for the Austin-based National Domestic Violence Hotline were squandered on unauthorized contractors, personnel charges and other costs, according to an…
Conviction casts shadow of corruption on Border Patrol
Border Patrol Agent Joel Luna has been dealt a 20-year prison sentence for organized criminal activity in a case involving the decapitation of a…