An appeals court panel heard arguments Tuesday on whether the state House Republican majority can sit on bills adopted by the Legislature in the last session instead of sending them to the governor.

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals remanded David Leonard Wood's death penalty case back to a trial court. Wood's attorneys allege constitutional violations, including claims of innocence and suppressed evidence. The victims' families express frustration ...

They’re leaving the circuit courts, the district courts out in limbo,” one judge said during appeals court oral arguments that turned into a venting session about the high court’s terse emergency rulings.