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Inspectors found falsified reports and evidence of unlawful solitary confinement and unsanitary conditions.

Last week, the commissioners court approved a settlement in a lawsuit involving a man who died while on suicide watch in the Dallas County Jail.

Texas is a leader in arrests related to the Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021. New charges, pleas and sentences for Texans are announced regularly.

An autistic child was trying to calm himself when the alleged abuse occurred in North Richland Hills.

Bryan Riser spent over a month in jail and was fired from the Dallas Police Department because of a murder-for-hire plot in which he denies involvement.

The decision is a win for the Free Speech Coalition, which has been challenging age verification for porn sites across the country.

After proof of false testimony, admissions of perjury and new scientific evidence, Kerry Max Cook has been deemed an innocent man.

Esmeralda Upton unleashed a racist tirade against a group of Indian American women in Plano. Now, she’ll serve time in jail for the hate crime.

As a result of the massive budget shortfall, Dallas County could freeze countywide hiring and projects, and change overtime policies.

Texas Attorney Gen. Ken Paxton is standing by his guns as he battles with President Joe Biden over private gun sales and mandatory background checks.

The first person charged in the rash of juvenile fentanyl overdoses and deaths has been sentenced.

A North Texas man’s family is looking for justice in a wrongful death lawsuit brought against Kaufman County.

A man was held in jail for nearly two months longer than he should’ve been. It’s the latest example of problems arising from technical issues with Dallas County software.

Now, Dallas youths must be home or in school at certain times of the day and night. That could change because of a new state law.

As Dallas wages a war on poker clubs, one local club owner says it’s a lot easier doing business in other Texas cities.

The winning streak for the Texas attorney general continued on Tuesday morning when he struck a deal with prosecutors to drop the felony charges against him from 2015.

Sexually oriented businesses and the city have battled over a curfew passed in 2022. This decision marks a small loss for the businesses, but not a total defeat.

Dallas has searched for a legal path forward for poker clubs, but now that path looks like one that current poker clubs would never choose to take.

A former Dallas city marshal allegedly falsified a police report in 2021 after slamming a man to the ground with excessive force. Now, he’s been found guilty of tampering with a government record.

A new state law requires Texas counties to create Sexual Assault Response Teams (SARTs) and file a report on efforts to fight crime. Dallas and Collin have yet to file their reports.

Five cities are facing lawsuits from the Texas Attorney General over their efforts to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana.

The video posted Monday to the president’s X account ends with a simple message: “Protect abortion rights.”