Texas AG Ken Paxton sues 5 cities where voters cast ballots to decriminalize weed

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued five Texas cities to block their voter-approved ordinances decriminalizing low-level cannabis possession. Voters in Austin, Denton, Elgin, Killeen and San Marcos approved ballot initiatives designed to halt arrests and criminal penalties for those caught wi

Former Bexar Sheriff's Office corporal gets 15 years in murder case

Former Bexar County Sheriff’s Office corporal Giovanni Ceja has been sentenced to 15 years to life in a second-degree murder case in California, KSAT reports. Ceja, 31, was convicted of striking and killing a man on Aug. 7, 2023, while driving a borrowed vehicle on a highway in Riverside County, Cal

Federal complaint faults Texas Medicaid software glitches for removal errors

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. A group of privacy, technology and health care advocates on Wednesday filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission urging an investigation into Deloitte Consulting LLP,

San Antonio has 19th-highest STD rates in the nation, according to new study

San Antonio has the 19th-highest rates for sexually transmitted disease (STD) of any large metro, according to a new report. That's the highest rate of any Texas city, except for Laredo, which landed at No. 18 on the list. The analysis, compiled annually by health information site Innerbody Research