Texas lawmakers are in a special session to redraw the state’s congressional map. While the redistricting effort is focused ...

As the special legislative session kicks off, Texas lawmakers are gearing up to tackle a packed agenda, including the regulation of THC produc ...

At the Amarillo event, former Air Force Lt. Col. Larry Brock Jr. described his service, as well as his arrest at the U.S.

Monday, July 21, marks the beginning of the first special session of Texas’s 89th Legislative Session, which can last a ...

Governor Abbott appoints Smithee, Nungaray, Huffman, and others to Texas Crime Victims' Institute Advisory Council.

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The Governor was joined at the bill signing by Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick, Chairwoman Joan Huffman, Chairman John Smithee, Crime Stoppers of Houston CEO Rania Makarious, Crime Stoppers of Houston ...

Amarillo Rep. John Smithee joins Gov. Abbott to sign major bail reforms aimed at keeping violent offenders in jail before trial.

State Rep. John Smithee, R-Amarillo, joined Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday, June 3 to sign into law a sweeping package of bail reform measures aimed at keeping violent and repeat offenders in jail ...

Rep. John Smithee, R-Amarillo and chair of the House Criminal Jurisprudence committee, argued that stricter bail laws were necessary to protect the public from crime committed by dangerous ...

During the final days of the 140-day regular legislative session, two proposals to amend the state Constitution and require judges to deny bail for certain felony offenses died in the Texas House.

“We try to be a very generous country,” Rep. John Smithee, R-Amarillo and chair of the House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee, said last week.