The Standard’s news roundup gives you a quick hit of interesting, sometimes irreverent, and breaking news stories from all over the state.
A new poll records Texans’ take on a variety of...
Private prison company sued in death of 1-year-old migrant child
HOUSTON (AP) — A woman whose 1-year-old daughter died weeks after they were released from an immigration...
U.S. Senate confirms Texas Supreme Court Justice Jeff Brown, creates vacancy
The U.S. Senate confirmed Texas Supreme Court Justice Jeff Brown to the federal bench Wednesday. He is one on a slate of six Texas nominees approved this week as the chamber fills a number of long-open vacancies across the...
1 year out: RDAG bankruptcy reveals 1 criminal charge, no reorganization plan – KCBD
1 year out: RDAG bankruptcy reveals 1 criminal charge, no reorganization plan KCBD
The flamboyant advertisements are no longer, the lots are empty and the name is scraped from most of the buildings. All this, the result of a...
Private prison company sued in death of 1-year-old migrant child
HOUSTON (AP) — A woman whose 1-year-old daughter died weeks after they were released from an immigration...
Harris County settled bail reform lawsuit, could influence other Texas counties
Harris County officials agreed Tuesday to settle a federal lawsuit over how it sets bail for criminal defendants, a case Commissioner Rodney Ellis said was “as big...
Private prison company sued in death of migrant child, 1
HOUSTON (AP) — A woman whose 1-year-old daughter died weeks after they were released from an immigration detention center in Texas filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the private prison company that operates the...
Private prison company sued in death of migrant child, 1
HOUSTON (AP) — A woman whose 1-year-old daughter died weeks after they were released from an immigration detention center in Texas filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the private prison company that operates the...
Texas Pacific Land Trust settles heated proxy fight, lawsuit
The heated fight over a once-sleepy West Texas land trust that's now valued at more than $6 billion is resolved for now as both sides will come together to consider converting the trust into a corporation.
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Sheriff’s office denies discrimination claims in lawsuit
WASHINGTON, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina sheriff's office is asking a federal court to throw out a lawsuit claiming in part that a supervisor used a slur against a biracial deputy and pointed a gun at his head.
Beaufort Sheriff...