The Texas Education Agency on Wednesday released updated instructional materials the State Board of Education is scheduled to vote on in late November. The public can review the latest versions of ...

Keisha Russell, with the First Liberty Institute, speaks at a Texas Values press conference held outside a State Board of Education Meeting regarding the adoption state developed curriculum ...

HOUSTON — The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles on Wednesday denied a request for clemency for Robert Roberson, who could be the first person in the U.S. executed for a murder conviction tied ...

after both the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles and the state's top criminal appeals court declined to halt the controversial execution. It is this subpoena that the judge approved. Moments ...

A Texas board has rejected a clemency request for a man facing execution over a case of "shaken baby syndrome" despite doubts over the evidence in the case. The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles ...

HUNTSVILLE — The Texas Supreme Court halted the scheduled execution of Robert Roberson late Thursday night, hours before he was poised to become the first person in the U.S. executed for a ...

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The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles declined to recommend clemency for Roberson on Wednesday. And on Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to stop the execution, saying Roberson's attorneys ...

On Wednesday, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles declined to recommend clemency in Roberson’s case after his attorneys requested his death sentence be commuted to a lesser penalty – or ...

HOUSTON, Texas -- The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles on Wednesday denied a request for clemency for a man who this week could be the first person in the U.S. executed for a murder conviction ...

Editor’s Note: Follow continuing coverage of the planned execution ... On Wednesday, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles declined to recommend clemency in Roberson’s case after his ...

HOUSTON — A Texas state board on Wednesday declined to stop what could be the first execution in the nation in a case tied to the diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome, rejecting clemency pleas from ...