Texas juvenile justice

Judge Janis Jack, who called Texas' foster care system 'broken' in a 2015 ruling against the state that started the process of federal court oversight, may not be done with the case she presided over for 13 years just yet.

A Texas Senate bill under consideration would lower the current age from 16 for juveniles already in the system and commit a second felony.

Texas took $30 million from Texas Juvenile Justice — a problem plagued department that has repeatedly failed to protect kids from abuse and, at times, is the abuser.

Last week in Waco, two teams met to play for the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools’ (TAPPS) six-man football division final. The paths...