HOUSTON, Aug. 15 (UPI) -- Texas authorities Friday agreed to look into whether the state executed an innocent man when it put Cameron Willingham to death in 2004.

AUSTIN, Texas, May 3 (UPI) -- A petition has been filed in Austin, Texas, for a re-examination of evidence in a 15-year-old arson to determine if an innocent man was executed.

AUSTIN, Texas, May 17 (UPI) -- A proposed constitutional amendment that would ban gay marriage in Texas has been delayed in the Legislature as the session's end nears. Democrat Rodney Ellis used a parliamentary maneuver to delay a Senate hearing on the House-passed amendment for up to

AUSTIN, Texas, March 22 (UPI) -- A Texas man who spent four years in prison for a rape he did not commit is having trouble getting state compensation.

AUSTIN, Texas, March 4 (UPI) -- Two Texas senators Friday urged swift action on legislation to change the state's sentencing laws in light of the new ban on executing juvenile killers. Sens. Rodney Ellis and Eddie Lucio, both Democrats, asked Republican Gov. Rick Perry to designate eme

FORT WORTH, Texas, Feb. 4 (UPI) -- Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott ruled Wednesday students at Prairie View A&M University who want to register and vote there must be allowed to do so.

ALBUQUERQUE, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- A defection weakened the holdout of Texas Democratic senators in New Mexico but they refuse to give up their boycott against GOP redistricting plans.

AUSTIN, Texas, June 2 (UPI) -- Gov. Rick Perry signed legislation Monday that will free 13 residents of Tulia, Texas, who were arrested on questionable drug charges four years ago.

AUSTIN, Texas, March 26 (UPI) -- A Texas state senator Wednesday called for regulation of crime labs to ensure there are no more mistakes in the processing of DNA evidence like those at the Hou