Precinct 7 Justice of the Peace Brad Burnett is filling Gillam's position while the Jefferson County Commissioners Court discusses how they are going to fill the possession in the "next few weeks ...

AUSTIN (KXAN ... with various online public archive resources to gain insight into Texas’ justice of the peace system, beginning with Burnet County, where Daynon died in 1965.

AUSTIN, Texas - Texas DPS says it arrested nine people during the "No Kings" protests on Saturday at the Texas State Capitol.

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KXAN) — Justices of the peace are judges ... by a man known as the “Father of Texas” – Stephen F. Austin, according to Braden’s Annotated Texas Constitution.

In Texas, the titles of elected officials can ... as well as misdemeanors punishable by fine? That's a justice of the peace. Justice of the peace courts (JP courts for short) are the most local ...

The Austin Court of Appeals rejected in its entirety the issues a Waco justice of the peace raised on appeal ... She alleged the punishment violated the Texas Religious Freedom Restoration ...

More: Travis County has the highest rate of fentanyl deaths in Texas. Why is Austin a hot spot? The number of deaths that the four Williamson County justices of the peace responded to grew from ...

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - The Texas Supreme Court on Wednesday heard McLennan County Justice of the Peace Dianne Hensley’s appeal in a lawsuit involving a state panel that sanctioned her in 2019 for ...

Justices of the peace handle minor legal issues, such as class C misdemeanors, traffic tickets and landlord-tenant disputes. Texas doesn't require that candidates for justice of the peace have ...