The Texas Department of Public Safety, along with other law-enforcement agencies, will conduct a large-scale mass casualty ...

Local records released this week — after a yearslong lawsuit —affirm previous reporting about law enforcement’s flawed ...

Texas House Speaker Duston Burrows revealed Monday that Republicans had tasked DPS to create a tip line— (866) 786-5972, ...

On August 10th, the Texas Department of Public Safety will celebrate 90 years of service. In 1935, the Texas legislature ...

Crime lab officials told lawmakers Wednesday they are struggling to keep up with deadlier drugs like fentanyl and a THC ban ...

After the Texas House didn’t reach a quorum on Tuesday, the Texas House Democratic Caucus said absconding House Democrats ...

A U.S. District Judge awarded the family of fallen Texas DPS Special Agent Anthony Salas $45.6 million. The family brought a lawsuit against the U.S. federal government after Salas, an El Paso native, ...

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A judge in Illinois on Wednesday denied Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s request to enforce civil arrest warrants for the ...

Texas Democrats rallied with Indiana lawmakers on Wednesday and asked more states to take action, as speculation mounts that they could return to Texas soon.

Republican leadership in the Texas House is hoping a new tip line will help them bring Democrats back to the Capitol amid the ...

State trooper Freeman H. Martin was driving 101 mph in a 45 mph zone when he blew through a red light and hit another car ...