Phil Sorrells

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said in an opinion the Texas Commission on Jail Standards has the authority to hire an independent investigator to look into all custody deaths. The opinion is in response to a letter sent by Tarrant County District Attorney Phil Sorrells last year.

A law passed in 2023 allows prosecutors to seek murder charges against someone who gives another person a fatal dose of fentanyl.

An update of Tarrant County's Election Integrity Task Force on Tuesday reported 82 voter fraud complaints. But no cases have been filed in 15 months.

Tarrant County’s Election Integrity Task Force formed in February. The county can’t say how many tickets have been issued due to task force investigations.