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Lawyers in the first court action against Gov. Abbott over sparred over whether Texas must comply with a federal law that dates back to 1899.

The altered speed limit would be in effect only when it's posted on signs notifying drivers. It can't be lower than 10 miles under the regular limit.

"Don Adán" Salazar is the reputed patriarch of Los Salazar, a faction of the Sinaloa drug cartel in Chihuahua, Mexico.

Following his wife's reprimand by the Ethics Review Commission, Jeremy Jordan filed a state bar complaint against Commission Chairman Casey Williams.

Lawyers presented arguments Friday in a case about the House Bill 900 library book lawsuit. Vendors seek a temporary injunction order for the state.

The hearing Tuesday in the federal courthouse in Austin will be the first public faceoff between lawyers for the DOJ and the state of Texas.

Even in its infancy, the new nonprofit is tied to powerful players in Texas' far-right Republican politics.

Forecasts for the remainder of August call for high temperatures ranging from the upper 80s to the high 90s.

Most Texas prisons lack air conditioning. At least 41 prisoners have died of heart-related or undetermined causes since the unrelenting heat wave began.

An El Paso man was arrested on suspicion of intoxicated manslaughter more than a year after a fatal drunk driving crash.