Criminal Justice

County Judge Tim O'Hare kicked out multiple people at a July 2 meeting. Two say they've been told not to come back.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in U.S. vs. Rahimi that a domestic violence gun law is constitutional.

KERA's Toluwani Osibamowo reports advocates for Texas prisoners have sued the state's prison agency over what they call a flawed punitive housing system. KTEP’s Angela Kocherga has more on a temporary injunction Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is now seeking to keep an El Paso organization from helping migrants.

The finalist who could be Lubbock's newest Chief of Police brings years of experience approaching public safety in a growing city, and controversy around his leadership responses to challenging situations.

One Lubbockite who has fought terminal cancer with relief through the Texas Compassionate Use Program says changes in the narrative around marijuana can educate and bring savings for many struggling Texans — when you take the politics out.

With major changes in Lubbock Police Department leadership, the latest annual report showed a decrease in major crimes last year, and LPD is hoping to continue that by addressing officer shortages and improving response times.

Lubbock Police Department’s 2023 crime report shows a decrease in violent and property crimes and Interim Chief Gregory Rushin told city council the department’s priorities moving forward. Meanwhile, the state and Texas counties are facing a disagreement over holding and transferring inmates from county jails to state prisons, as KERA’s Miranda Suarez reports.

Summer is coming, and many Texas prisons don’t have air conditioning. The Texas Newsroom’s Lauren McGaughy has more on a lawsuit attempting to change that. And Texas Public Radio’s David Martin Davies reports hundreds of Corpus Christi residents have turned out in opposition to the city's plan for ocean desalination.

Texas Public Radio’s Kayla Padilla reports the Uvalde police chief abruptly announced his resignation shortly before the City Council was expected to reject a report clearing local police officers of wrongdoing in the Robb Elementary School massacre. And KERA's Megan Cardona has more on a former prison employee calling for reform after alleged sexual abuse in a Fort Worth prison.

Tarrant County plans to cut ties with a private prison in West Texas that violated state standards. As KERA's Miranda Suarez reports, county commissioners voted unanimously to find another place to house the local prisoners it sends to the Giles W. Dalby Correctional Facility. And after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced lawsuits against cities over their marijuana decriminalization ordinances, at least one group is attempting to have the lawsuit thrown out.