As clips of Texas lawmakers breaking gavels go viral on social media, the Statesman set about to find out where they're made.

For a third consecutive time, a bill requiring prisons to have air conditioning has likely died in the Texas Senate.

Nearly 25 years ago, seven inmates broke free from a maximum-security prison in South Texas. A weeks-long manhunt ensued, ...

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. House Bill 3006 would require the installation of climate control in ...

The bill would require the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to install air conditioning at each of its facilities by the end of 2032.

but that unit does not have air conditioning, so some have to be placed elsewhere. CHRONICLE INVESTIGATES: How Texas prisons are spending millions on a ‘dangerous’ staffing crisis “If you ...

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas House passed Friday a bill requiring prisons to have air conditioning by the end of 2032. Lawmakers passed 79-39 House Bill 3006 by Terry Canales, D-Edinburg.

The Texas House overwhelmingly passed legislation Thursday night to require air conditioning across the state’s prison system, marking the third time in five years that the lower chamber has ...

The Texas House passed Friday a bill requiring prisons to have air conditioning by the end of 2032. Lawmakers passed 79-39 House Bill 3006 by Terry Canales, D-Edinburg. If the Legislature or the ...

The convicted El Paso Walmart shooter has been transferred from the El Paso County Jail to a Texas state prison. The transfer took place on Wednesday, May 7, 2025, with the gunman being flown to a ...

Fans hang in a hall's corner at Louie C. Powledge Unit, a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison for men located in Anderson County in Palestine, TX on Thursday, October 21, 2021. Lawmakers ...