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Lee esta historia en español. Austin Mayor Pro Tem Delia Garza will be the next Travis County Attorney after her runoff opponent, Laurie Eiserloh,…
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The Travis County attorney does thankless work. That's a bleak descriptor, but it's not wrong.Both Laurie Eiserloh, a career attorney and longtime staffer…
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The Texas Supreme Court has rejected a challenge to Gov. Greg Abbott's executive order that limits judges' ability to grant personal bonds to people with…
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From Texas Standard:The Texas Department of Criminal Justice announced Wednesday that it's locking down 15 prisons in response to the coronavirus crisis.…
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With courts largely shut down because of the coronavirus pandemic, attorney Steve Brand wasn't working at his usual breakneck clip.Then on Sunday, that…
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From Texas Standard:As of Friday, Dallas County had the most positive COVID-19 cases in the state, at more than 300. At least seven of those cases are in…
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People accused of nonviolent felonies like possession of a controlled substance, possession of marijuana, theft and prostitution can now be automatically…
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Low-level drug possession arrests are ineffective and harmful to people who need community-based help, rather than jail time, a new report concludes.The…
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People arrested for misdemeanors in Travis County will no longer have to pay cash to be released from jail, under an order released Thursday by county…
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Travis County has hired a University of Virginia law professor as the first person to lead its public defender office. Until last year, the county was the…