An emotional, 10-hour-long Texas House committee meeting Tuesday highlighted the stark divide between lawmakers and the ...

As the Texas House debates bills to make it easier to deny bail for defendants accused of violent crimes, the American Civil ...

“The Texas Senate has heard the cries from Texans statewide whose lives have been uprooted by criminals out without bond or very ... dollars from Harris County to the The Bail Project nonprofit.

Senate Joint Resolution 1, or "Jocelyn's Law," would keep people without authority to be in the U.S. who are charged with ...

A bail bond location near Minute Maid Park in Downtown ... Huffman has made it clear that she filed the bill with Harris County in mind. She and others accused the county of using public funds ...

While Harris County DA Sean Teare blames Republicans for bail failures, Sen. Joan Huffman notes the Texas Senate is ...

A Texas judge ... remains under fire after she set bond for the second suspect charged with capital murder in the death of Harris County Deputy Fernando Esqueda. Judge Hilary Unger of the 248th ...

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Senate passed a package of bail reform legislation ... have zeroed in on Harris County in their fight to stop defendants who are released on bond and then commit ...

Greg Abbott declared “bail reform” an emergency item ... “There are many alleged murderers out on the street in Harris County and in the state of Texas,” Huffman told fellow senators ...

Greg Abbott listed bail reform as an emergency ... the streets on personal recognizance or low bonds. “Across Texas, and specifically in Harris County, repeat and violent offenders, including ...

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — As the Texas House debates bills to make it easier to deny bail ... in the Harris County jail from 2006 to 2024,” Edric Wilson said. “I was held without bond for a charge ...

Read full article: Texas Senator John Cornyn ... Joan Huffman, a former Harris County prosecutor, the package of legislation seeks to tighten the state's bail policies and keep defendants accused ...