Judges impose bail on criminal defendants released from jail to ensure they will attend future court dates. Sen. Joan Huffman, author of Senate Joint Resolution 5, hopes to change this system, making ...

The Boyt-Maxwell family still owns the lighthouse and chartered a nonprofit to raise $2.5 million and oversee its preservation. The Bolivar Point Lighthouse Foundation has already repainted the tower ...

Maybe a 5-cent tax increase was always the number the City Council was going to land on. At any rate, that’s the number that Council members seemed ready to approve on Wednesday, as the Chronicle went ...

Did your wife used to work for the CIA? She seems to be well-trained in psychological warfare ... and you seem to be losing the battle. Look, far be it from me to portray your wife as some sort of war ...

Texans have their eyes on a dramatic special session at the moment, but many new laws that passed during the regular session will take effect September 1. This week and next, the Chronicle is rounding ...