Sunset Commission Says Texas Law Enforcement Regulation is “Fragmented” and “Toothless”
A recent report by Texas’ Sunset Advisory Commission found that the “state’s current regulation of law enforcement is, by and large, toothless.” First reported...
Texas DPS Seeks Millions for Capitol Security, Other Needs
The Texas Department of Public Safety is asking for $146 million and 156 new positions in the next biennium. The extra dollars are needed...
Texas’ Grim Milestone for Traffic Deaths
As of Saturday, it has been 20 years since Texas has gone a day without someone dying on its roads. In the last two...
New Criminal Indictment Returned Against Former Blue Bell Exec
A Texas grand jury has charged former Blue Bell Creameries LP President Paul Kruse with wire fraud and conspiracy in connection with an alleged...
Rats! Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston Listed as Texas’ Rattiest Cities
National pest control company Orkin has a new Top 50 Rattiest Cities List, and two Texas cities have made the list. Dallas-Fort Worth ranked...
Why Are So Many Soldiers Killing Themselves at Fort Hood?
“My name is Patty Troyan, and I am a Gold Star mother. My son was Pfc. Logan Castello. He was stationed at Fort Hood and committed...
Texas Records 185 Domestic Violence Homicides in 2019; More Expected in 2020
Jessica, from Grand Prairie, Texas, had ended the relationship. She had returned home to retrieve her belongings. While packing, she was shot and killed...
12 Texans Charged in Connection With Violent, Race-Based Gang
Half of the 24 members and associates of the white supremacist organization Aryan Circle indicted on charges of federal racketeering conspiracy, violent crimes in...
El Paso Locked Down Again as COVID-19 Cases, Hospitalizations Rise
The COVID-19 numbers are going in the wrong direction in El Paso. The border city hit an all-time high of 838 new cases Friday...
Police Reform Advocates Take Aim at Racial Profiling Data
The embers of outrage at police killings and use of force are still glowing strong across the nation as an election like no other...
