Sen. Joan Huffman has filed a bill that proposes to raise the state's base salary for judges from $140,000 to $161,000 — a raise of $21,000 or 15%.

In Bexar County, civil cases don't stay with the same judge all the way through. Judge Christine Hortick thinks that wrong, ...

Blacklock attended Yale Law School and clerked on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, and after a stint in private practice, he joined the Texas Office of the Attorney General under Abbott.

Gov. Greg Abbott swears in Jimmy Blacklock to the Texas Supreme Court in 2018. Blacklock had previously served as the governor’s general counsel, and is now Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court.

Chief Justice Jimmy Blacklock, who was appointed leader of the state's top civil court earlier this month, appealed to the Senate Committee on Finance on Monday to boost pay for the more than 500 ...

Justice Jimmy Blacklock, a conservative ally of Gov. Greg Abbott, has been named the new chief justice of the Texas Supreme Court. He replaces Nathan Hecht, the court’s longest serving justice ...