Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) appointed Justice Jimmy Blacklock, a conservative ally of the governor, to serve as the chief justice ...

Blacklock is replacing retired Chief Justice Nathan Hecht, while Abbott's legal adviser James Sullivan takes the open spot on ...

Texas Supreme Court scheduled to hear oral arguments Jan. 13 in an appeal filed by Attorney General Ken Paxton against El ...

Justice Jimmy Blacklock, a conservative ally of Gov. Greg Abbott, has been named the new chief justice of the Texas Supreme ...

Southern Methodist University is set to appear in the Texas Supreme Court in a bid to separate from the United Methodist ...

The church sued the university in 2019 after SMU's board of trustees voted to split from the church without approval from the ...

A federal court in Texas has issued another preliminary injunction and stay halting enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act and its beneficial ownership information reporting requirement, which ...

Houston police "initiated a high-speed chase to pursue a suspect evading arrest for paying $40 to solicit sexual activity ...

More than 2,800 Texans are getting abortion pills through the mail from out-of-state every month, prompting a lawsuit and ...

Abbott appointed Justice Jimmy Blacklock to serve as chief justice on the Supreme Court of Texas, the governor’s office ...

Abbott originally appointed Blacklock to the high court as the Place 2 justice in 2018. Abbott's general counsel James ...

The state's highest court will decide whether more than 15,000 plaintiffs can move forward with their claims against Texas ...