Before the House takes a final vote on the bill, it could face a proposal that would allow adults and minors to marry if ...

Texas Senate State Affairs Committee unanimously voted for SB-835, adopting the preferred language of witnesses in favor of ...

Lawmakers in 2017 took a major step to end most child marriages. However, emancipated teenagers 16 and older can get married.

A 26-year-old man was injured after being shot during a chase with multiple law enforcement agencies, according to the ...

A bill known as Trey's Law, which aims to void NDAs in sexual abuse and trafficking cases, was up for a hearing by a Texas ...

Donna Campbell all but guarantees Texas will contract with the same vendor, the National Child Identification Program. Back then, Campbell made clear that her intent was to enshrine into law a ...

Support reporting for Texans, by Texans. Texas legislators slipped millions for child ID kits into a 1,000 ... there was no evidence they had aided law enforcement in finding lost children.

finding school officials "did not act with intent to injure" or "force the child to attend a student support plan meeting," thus not meeting the "shock the conscience" standard. The "shock the ...

(CNN) — A Texas mother is accused of buying ammunition and tactical gear for her son, who investigators say was planning “mass targeted violence” at a San Antonio school, according to an arrest ...

The family, now in Mexico, is garnering support from some members of Congress as they prepare to apply for humanitarian ...

Three Democratic House members from South Texas voted with Republicans in support of the proposal ... Democrat and former human trafficking and child sex abuse prosecutor.