Lawmakers in 2017 took a major step to end most child marriages. However, emancipated teenagers 16 and older can get married.

A manhunt is underway for a man accused of not showing up to his court date and removing his ankle monitor in connection with a 2023 murder in Kaufman County in North Texas.

Texas’ population growth has slowed, but the state’s major urban areas are still adding hundreds of thousands of residents.

Kaufman County, east of Dallas, grew faster than any other in the country from 2022 to 2023. Harris County added the most new residents.

District attorneys for Harris, Kaufman, Fort Bend counties voiced concerns over state’s new abortion law at the 2022 Texas Tribune Festival.

KAUFMAN, Texas – Two children were killed and four others were hurt this past weekend after their go-kart collided with an SUV on a North Texas county road, authorities said. Officials with the College Mound Fire Department in Kaufman County, along with the Texas Department of Public Safety and other agencies responded to the accident at about 12:30 p.m. on Saturday. At the scene, authorities found that a go-kart with six children between the ages of seven and 12 had been hit by the SUV on the road in Kaufman County, located southeast of Dallas. Three children were taken by helicopters and two were taken by ambulances to area hospitals. Authorities have not released the names of the children and updated conditions on those who survived the accident were not immediately available Monday.