Under one of the changes, the "originally assigned judge must maintain full responsibility" for a case from start to finish.

The Texas Supreme Court is now just months away from making all pretrial hearings in district court cases stay with the same ...

Dismantling Bexar County’s Presiding Court system would be “catastrophic” to the way the civil district courts operate, requiring millions of dollars to pay for more courts and personnel, Bexar County ...

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Texas lawmakers have passed a judicial omnibus bill after a measure was removed that would have mandated expunctions of certain criminal charges if people completed any pretrial intervention program.

Starting Oct. 20, the federal judiciary will exhaust all available funds as the government shutdown continues.

On September 18, 2025, the District Courts of Harris County announced a major development: the addition of five new district courts within Harris County. This long-awaited expansion comes amid a ...

More than half of prisoners sentenced to death in the United States have been on death row for more than 18 years. Texas, ...

A federal court in Texas is reviewing a case challenging the state's planned overhaul of its congressional map. The plaintiffs argue the map was intentionally drawn to hurt minorities.