LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - On this day in 1865, enslaved African Americans in Galveston, Texas learned that they were free. This happened more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation declared ...

DALLAS — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton this week was barred from enforcing sweeping new rules and reporting requirements for prosecutors in large counties -- at least for now. A Travis ...

The rules require counties with over 400,000 residents to submit detailed reports and grant the Texas Attorney General’s Office access to case files.

Texas bills on religion in public schools await Gov. Abbott’s signature as Sunday deadline looms Senate Bill 10 would require the display of the Ten Commandments in all public school classrooms.

DALLAS — The decade-long securities fraud charges against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton have officially been dismissed, according to a special prosecutor in the case and one of Paxton's ...

Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, presents a pair of water infrastructure bills after signing them in Lubbock on June 18, 2025. The bills will invest $20 billion to the state’s water fund, pending ...

The court split 6-3 along ideological lines on a case from Tennessee. About two dozen states have similar bans in place. The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for Texas' gender-affriming care ban ...

Monday’s request from the Texas Attorney General’s Office was the first time authorities had asked for a new execution date since Roberson received a stay in October.

Robert Roberson at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's Polunsky Unit in Livingston on Dec. 19, 2023. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has requested a new execution date for Roberson.