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MiracleMiles, CC BY 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons The cities of Hewitt and Kyle are the latest in…

Lucio Vasquez/Houston Public Media A bail bond application form. Taken at Action Bail Bonds in Houston on Oct.…

Artificial intelligence is everywhere from social media feeds to political campaign ads. Now, police departments are testing AI…

Federal judge orders Texas to air-condition its prisons DALLAS — A federal judge on Tuesday ordered Texas to…

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LeJames Norman, one of two men sentenced to death for killing three people in a robbery, is scheduled…

$Texas prisons seek $298 million for air conditioning. That’s a fraction of what’s needed.$

Texas’ prison agency has asked the Legislature for $298 million over the next two years to add more…

Yfat Yossifor, KERA News / Manoo Sirivelu, KUT News State Sen. Mayes Middleton, left, and state Sen. Nathan…

Former Houston Police Department officer Gerald Goines has pleaded guilty to federal civil rights charges tied to the…

The third eyewitness to the fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston by an immigration officer last…

Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare said Friday that federal officials have not provided his office any information…

Hello Houston: Where Houston Talks! On today’s Hello Houston, Houston City Council Member Edward Pollard joins us to…

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