Texas Passes Ban on DEI Offices and Tenure Reform at Public Universities(thetexan.news)

49 points by g42gregory 3 years ago | 20 comments

Federal judge orders Texas to air condition all prisons by the end of 2029(texastribune.org)

60 points by bonefishgrill 1 month ago | 49 comments

Texas Tribune article reporting a federal judge ordered Texas to air condition all prisons by 2029, ruling extreme heat is cruel and unusual punishment; Texas will appeal.

Kansas Bureau of Investigation takes lead following police raid of newspaper(kansascity.com)

134 points by JumpCrisscross 3 years ago | 56 comments

Texas State Police Gear Up for Expansion of Surveillance Tech(texasobserver.org)

89 points by OhMeadhbh 2 years ago | 65 comments

Texas employment tops 14M as state job growth tops U.S.(expressnews.com)

48 points by mariojv 3 years ago | 38 comments

Unknown number of Texas voter registrations went unprocessed due to DPS error(votebeat.org)

55 points by hn_acker 1 month ago | 64 comments

Votebeat Texas article reporting that a Texas DPS error left an unknown number of voter registration applications unprocessed ahead of the Oct. 5 deadline.

Texas police invested in phone-tracking software and won’t say how it’s used(texasobserver.org)

330 points by nobody9999 9 months ago | 93 comments

Texas Observer investigation into Texas police agencies spending millions on phone-tracking software and refusing to disclose how they use it.

Police cannot seize property indefinitely after an arrest, federal court rules(reason.com)

773 points by throwup238 2 years ago | 385 comments

Reason article reporting that the D.C. Circuit ruled police cannot hold seized property indefinitely after an arrest, calling it unconstitutional.

Federal judge orders Texas to air condition all prisons by the end of 2029(texastribune.org)

60 points by bonefishgrill 1 month ago | 49 comments

Texas Tribune article reporting a federal judge ordered Texas to air condition all prisons by 2029, ruling extreme heat is cruel and unusual punishment; Texas will appeal.

Texas city demands $2M for public records on Flock usage(arstechnica.com)

194 points by 01-_- 20 days ago | 29 comments

Ars Technica article on a Texas city demanding $2 million for public records about police use of Flock license plate cameras amid growing backlash.

FBI arrests judge accused of helping man evade immigration authorities(apnews.com)

815 points by eterps 1 year ago | 609 comments

News report on the FBI arresting Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan on charges of obstructing an immigration arrest.

Cops still take more stuff from people than burglars do(thewhyaxis.substack.com)

332 points by wahnfrieden 3 years ago | 135 comments

Substack post by Christopher Ingraham arguing that US police civil asset forfeiture seizures exceed the value of property stolen by burglars.