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Bipartisan opposition to planned execution highlights power of state’s top criminal appeals court as Paxton candidates and Dem opponents vie for open seats.

Robert Roberson was convicted of killing daughter and is now set to be first execution in a shaken baby syndrome case.

Laredo Mayor Victor Treviño said in an interview that about 40% of the pipes are over their shelf life

The state’s highest civil court said it wants a lower court to resolve a separation-of-powers issue raised by a group of Texas lawmakers who subpoenaed the death row inmate the night before he was set to be put to death.

Former detective who investigated Robert Roberson – but now believes him innocent – has said he’s ‘so mad I could spit nails’ that the 57-year-old looks likely to be put to death

An attempted armed robbery at a Texas pizza joint took a turn when employees fought back and subdued the suspect.

ESPN Paul Finebaum names the biggest threat for the Texas Longhorns

Having been built in 2010, Austin, Texas’ Circuit of the Americas (COTA) racetrack isn't even old enough to legally drink —  but it’s already been home to a number of spectacular races. The track can accommodate 120,000 spectators, but when F1 first started racing at COTA, in 2012, ages before…

Suzanne Clark Simpson’s mom said her daughter called her just one hour before she disappeared and confided that her husband had physically abused her