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3, 2024 The agency quietly rolled out the policy change on its website last week, days after DPS blocked changes to the sex listed on a Texas driver’s license. Full Story By James Barragán and ...

New documents detail the law enforcement operation that led to a Texas DPS chase that killed an innocent 44-year-old woman, the first death of an innocent bystander in El Paso since the start of ...

TRAVIS COUNTY, Texas (KWTX) - The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) has taken to their Facebook to ask for the public’s help in identifying a vehicle that caused a hit-and-run accident ...

The preliminary report by Texas DPS states that Bone’s Ranger was traveling eastbound on FM 1616, while Kelly's SUV was traveling westbound. Early voting in Arkansas and Texas began Monday, Oct. 21, ...

the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) said. The group included 32 unaccompanied children and minors and seven special interest immigrants from Iran and Angola. Special interest immigrants ...

There is no simple way to know how many people are disenfranchised because of this, but more than a dozen local election officials and volunteer deputy registrars shared examples, and multiple people ...

You will also be able to find election day voting locations by visiting the state's webpage, which will be populated with ...

The Texas Department of Public Safety said two vehicles collided head-on near Hubbard Street at about 9:17 p.m. after the driver of a 2016 Hyundai Accent lost control on a curve. Investigators ...

On Oct. 13, Texas DPS troopers recovered 29 “unaccompanied alien children” (UACs) between the ages of 10 and 17. They all claimed to already have sponsors in New York, California, Colorado ...

(The Center Square) – Noncitizens, including those in the country illegally, are committing crimes, and they’re being charged, imprisoned and convicted for them in Texas. A new report by the ...

CEDAR PARK, Texas — Crews are now working on a new $30 million public safety training facility in Cedar Park. City leaders hosted a groundbreaking ceremony on Wednesday morning for the Public ...