James P. Sullivan, the governor's general counsel, will move to the court to fill Blacklock's former seat. Blacklock won ...

A Tennessee law requiring pornographic websites to verify the age of its visitors was largely blocked in court before taking effect Jan. 1 ...

The Texas bar reinstated Teare’s law license retroactively after a four-day suspension caused by nonpayment of an ...

Blacklock replaces Nathan Hecht, the longest serving justice on the high court. Gov. Greg Abbott also appointed his general ...

The State Bar of Texas’ website said Teare was not eligible to practice law, but hours later it changed. When asked, Teare’s ...

The courts have blocked two bad tech laws, just in the nick of time. Both measures—in Tennessee, requiring proof of age to ...

Democratic state Sen. Borris Miles wants to achieve a Texaswide measure of police accountability.

The Republican-led states are calling on a federal court to reverse a more than 50-year-old Nuclear Regulatory Commission ...

Just a few hours into the new year, a driver plowed a rented truck into a New Orleans street full of people. Investigators call it an act of terror. Law enforcement ...

Republicans are stepping up their scrutiny of dozens of shelters run by aid groups on the U.S. border with Mexico.

The Houston-area school district faced accusations of electioneering for its attempts to encourage voting in a tax-rate ...