In 2025, 44 people died by court-ordered execution in the United States, and Florida executed more people than any other state that year while Alabama, South Carolina, and Texas each carried out five executions.
November 21, 2025
high
temporal
Reported national and state-level execution totals for 2025.
In recent years, some U.S. states have expanded statewide school voucher and scholarship initiatives, including Texas enacting a program valued at $1 billion.
November 21, 2025
high
temporal
Trend of state-level expansion of voucher and scholarship programs and large-scale funding in some Republican-led states.
Samuel Alito is the U.S. Supreme Court justice assigned to handle emergency appeals originating from Texas.
November 21, 2025
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procedural
Circuit justices handle emergency applications from specific states or circuits; Alito is the justice associated with Texas.
As of 2025-11-20, Florida had carried out 17 executions in 2025, the most executions of any U.S. state in 2025; Alabama, South Carolina, and Texas had carried out five executions each in 2025.
November 20, 2025
high
temporal
State-level counts of executions reported for the year 2025.
As of November 20, 2025, Florida had executed more people in 2025 than any other U.S. state; Alabama, South Carolina, and Texas had each carried out five executions in 2025.
November 20, 2025
high
temporal
State-by-state comparison of executions carried out during the year 2025.
In Texas, deferred adjudication allows a defendant to avoid a criminal conviction by successfully completing probation, and a violation of probation can trigger sentencing on the original charge.
November 12, 2025
high
temporal
Description of the deferred adjudication process under Texas state criminal procedure.
Under Texas law, the misdemeanor offense of failure to report a felony is punishable by a fine of up to $4,000 and/or confinement in county jail for up to one year.
November 12, 2025
high
legal
Statutory penalty for the misdemeanor offense of failing to report a felony in Texas.
Texas state rules require summer camps to have plans to safely evacuate campers.
November 10, 2025
medium
temporal
Regulatory requirement referenced with respect to emergency preparedness for camps.
The 18th Congressional District of Texas is described as a solidly Democratic district that spirals from northeast Houston through downtown, then to northwest Houston and east again, with its two ends coming close to forming a doughnut-like shape (description current as of 2025-11-05).
November 05, 2025
high
geography
General description of the district's geographic shape and partisan leaning.
Non-Hispanic white residents made up about 23% of voting-age citizens in Texas's 18th Congressional District, and no single racial or ethnic group constituted a majority of voting-age citizens in the district (situation noted as of 2025-11-05).
November 05, 2025
high
demographic
Racial composition of voting-age population in the 18th Congressional District.
A redrawn version of Texas's 18th Congressional District is described as stretching from suburbs southwest of Houston diagonally through the city and past its northeast limits, and in the redrawn configuration a little more than 50% of voting-age citizens were Black (description noted as of 2025-11-05).
November 05, 2025
high
geography
Geographic extent and racial composition of the redrawn 18th Congressional District.
A 2025 Texas constitutional amendment (Proposition 3, Senate Joint Resolution 5) requires judges to deny bail to defendants charged with murder, capital murder, certain aggravated assault, kidnapping, robbery, sexual assault, indecency with a child, or human trafficking.
November 04, 2025
high
temporal
State constitutional change expanding categories of offenses that make a defendant ineligible for bail.
The 2025 Texas constitutional amendment requires judges to deny bail when the judge believes a defendant is likely to fail to appear in court or poses a clear threat to public safety.
November 04, 2025
high
temporal
Standards for denying pretrial release under the amended state constitution.
The 2025 Texas constitutional amendment requires judges who deny bail under the amendment to provide a written order explaining their decision.
November 04, 2025
high
temporal
Procedural requirement imposed on judges when denying bail under the amendment.
The 2025 report by Black Voters Matter Fund and Fair Fight Action estimated that Louisiana, Florida, Georgia, Missouri, North Carolina, and Texas could end up with fewer Democratic U.S. House representatives if Section 2 protections were eliminated.
October 15, 2025
high
statistical
The analysis identified Southern and other states with racially polarized voting where removal of Section 2 could reduce Democratic representation.
By 2025, Texas Governor Greg Abbott had won his three most recent gubernatorial elections by margins of 10 percentage points or more.
October 15, 2025
high
temporal
Historical electoral performance of the incumbent governor
By 2025, Texas had a private school voucher program funded at approximately $1 billion.
October 15, 2025
high
temporal
State education policy funding level
SpaceX's Starbase launch site is located in Boca Chica, Texas.
October 13, 2025
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descriptive
Location of SpaceX's dedicated Starship launch facility
Texas election law requires a runoff election if no candidate receives a majority of votes in a primary; the runoff is held approximately two and a half months after the primary.
October 06, 2025
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temporal
Rule governing Texas primary elections and subsequent runoffs.
A 2025 Texas law requires public school classrooms to display donated posters of the Ten Commandments in a conspicuous place.
September 01, 2025
high
temporal
State statute specifying classroom postings of donated Ten Commandments displays.
The 2025 Texas law specifies Ten Commandments display dimensions of 16 inches wide by 20 inches tall (40 centimeters by 50 centimeters).
September 01, 2025
high
temporal
Statutory minimum size requirements for the mandated classroom displays.
The 2025 Texas law requires the writing on Ten Commandments displays to be a size and typeface that is visible from anywhere in a classroom to a person with average vision.
September 01, 2025
high
temporal
Statutory legibility standard for required classroom displays.
Texas, identified as the only state with more commercial driver's license holders than California, had a fatal accident rate for commercial driver's license holders nearly 50% higher than California's, according to California officials in 2025.
August 16, 2025
medium
temporal
Comparative statistic describing fatal accident rates for commercial driver's license holders between Texas and California.
Under Texas law, a hate crime conviction is treated as a sentencing enhancement rather than as a separate criminal charge.
June 03, 2025
high
legal
Statutory treatment of hate crimes in Texas criminal sentencing.
In 2025, Florida carried out 15 executions, the most of any U.S. state in that year, while Texas and Alabama each carried out five executions in 2025.
January 01, 2025
high
statistical
Annual execution counts by state for 2025.
A 2024 Stateline analysis of CDC data found that the suicide rate for U.S. adults aged 18-27 increased nearly 20% between 2014 and 2024, rising from 13.8 deaths per 100,000 people in 2014 to 16.4 deaths per 100,000 people in 2024.
December 31, 2024
high
temporal
Trend in young adult (ages 18-27) suicide rates based on an analysis of CDC mortality data covering 2014â2024.
In some U.S. states, state legislatures, rather than direct voter referendums, enact congressional redistricting plans; Texas, North Carolina, and Missouri are commonly cited examples of states where legislatures have that authority.
November 05, 2024
high
process
Describes a common variation in how authority over congressional redistricting is allocated across U.S. states.
Texas Senate Bill 12 (2023) prohibits drag performers from dancing suggestively or wearing certain prosthetics on public property or in front of children.
January 01, 2023
high
legal
State legislation defining prohibited elements of public drag performances.
Texas Senate Bill 12 (2023) provides penalties for prohibited drag performances, including up to a $10,000 fine for business owners who host such performances and classifying violations by performers as a Class A misdemeanor.
January 01, 2023
high
legal
Statutory penalties established by the Texas law for hosting or performing in prohibited drag shows.
Since 2017, the border city of Reynosa in Tamaulipas has experienced escalating violence linked to internal disputes among groups vying for control of drug trafficking, human smuggling, and fuel theft.
January 01, 2017
high
temporal
Long-term trend of violence in a Mexican border city associated with criminal group competition.
A 2016 class-action lawsuit alleged that Harris County, Texas, detained people charged with misdemeanors solely because they could not afford cash bail, arguing that those bail practices were unconstitutional.
January 01, 2016
high
temporal
Background legal claim that prompted the O'Donnell litigation challenging misdemeanor cash bail practices in Harris County.
Texas enacted a 'junk science' law in 2013 that allows defendants to bring legal challenges when forensic evidence that contributed to a conviction has subsequently been discredited.
January 01, 2013
high
legal
State-level statute enabling post-conviction challenges based on discredited forensic science.
Offshore oil leases are common along the U.S. Gulf Coast, particularly in Texas and Louisiana, and in parts of Alaska; California had not received a new federal offshore oil lease since 1984.
January 01, 1984
high
descriptive
Geographic distribution of U.S. federal offshore oil leasing and a recent historical note for California.
Angleton, Texas has an approximate population of 19,500 and serves as the county seat of Brazoria County.
high
geographic
Basic municipal population and administrative status.
Angleton, Texas is located about 45 miles south of Houston.
high
geographic
Relative geographic location of the city.
Wesley Hunt is one of the first Black Republicans to represent the state of Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives.
high
biographical
Biographical detail about a U.S. politician relevant to representation and diversity in Congress.
Texas has a statute called the Texas Human Life Protection Act that provides a legal basis for criminal enforcement related to abortion.
high
legal
Name and function of a Texas state law referenced in reporting about abortion-related criminal charges.
In Texas, individuals can be indicted on felony counts for practicing medicine without a license.
high
legal
Criminal charge commonly applied when unlicensed persons provide medical services in Texas.
Hicks Airfield, located north of Fort Worth in Tarrant County, Texas, is a private, member-owned airfield.
high
descriptive
Ownership and location details about Hicks Airfield
Texas Senate Bill 2972 (SB 2972) establishes limits on campus protests, including prohibiting expressive activity during overnight hours.
high
legal
State legislation that sets rules for expressive activity on public university campuses in Texas.
Cameron County is a county located in the far southern region of the U.S. state of Texas.
high
descriptive
Geographic location referenced in reporting about land ownership and access.
Dyess Air Force Base is a United States Air Force installation located in the state of Texas.
high
definition
Specifies the location of Dyess Air Force Base.
In Texas, polling places are required to close at 7:00 p.m. local time on election days.
high
temporal
Standard poll closing time requirement for Texas elections, expressed in local time.
In Texas special elections for U.S. House seats, if no candidate receives more than 50% of the vote, the top two vote-getters advance to a runoff election.
high
procedural
Majority threshold and runoff contingency used in Texas special elections for congressional seats.
Texas enacted legislation that prohibits placing cabins in high-risk parts of flood zones at children's camps, and requires camp operators to develop detailed emergency plans, train workers, and install and maintain emergency warning systems.
high
legal/regulatory
Statutory safety measures aimed at reducing flood-related risks at youth camps.
A Texas legislative package included an allocation of $240 million from the state's Rainy Day Fund for disaster relief and additional funding for warning sirens and improved weather forecasting.
high
policy/financial
Budgetary provision intended to support disaster response and early-warning infrastructure.
In Texas, a quo warranto petition is a legal action that can be filed to seek dissolution of a corporation's charter and to revoke the corporation's authority to do business in the state.
high
legal
Quo warranto is a traditional common-law procedure used by state authorities to challenge a corporation's right to exist or operate.
Texas state law prohibits individuals designated male at birth from competing in women's sports.
high
legal
State-level gender-based eligibility rule for athletic competition.