The Latest Breaking News from Robert Pitman

Currently, about 24% of the 24,112 correctional officer positions in Texas prisons are vacant

A new law gives parents more power over a child’s actions on social media, but only if the parent knows about the account.

A jury will decide if a group of Trump supporters violated state and federal law when they allegedly harassed a Biden campaign bus on a Texas highway in 2020, frightening those on board.

Ruling in favor of University of Texas at Austin is setback for movement that ended race-conscious admissions

Federal appeals court reconsiders removal of controversial books from Texas library, impacting local government authority and diverse viewpoints.

A federal appeals court in New Orleans is taking another look at its own recent order requiring a Texas county to keep eight books on public library shelves that deal with subjects including sex, gender identity and racism

Cases in the Austin Division of the Western District of Texas are not "randomly" assigned.

From a decision last week by Judge Robert Pitman in DL v. JS (W.D. Tex.): Plaintiff dated ES from September 2021 to January 2022 when they were both in high school. On December 18, 2021, Plaintiff and ES were having intercourse when Plaintiff removed his condom without ES's knowledge. ES,…

Last year, Texas joined more than 30 other states in banning TikTok on government-issued cell phones and computers. A nationwide coalition of professors are suing the state over the ban, arguing it has limited their ability to teach and research the social media app.

Scott Panetti was deemed incompetent for execution.

A federal judge has ruled a Texas death row inmate with a long history of mental illness is not competent to be executed