Texas Department Of Public Safety

The Department of Public Safety's alert early Friday about a suspect in the Panhandle went statewide — and riled some sleepy Austinites.

The Department of Public Safety and the Department of State Health Services are no longer following court orders to update someone's sex on driver's licenses and birth certificates. Transgender Texans and advocates say this could put their community at greater risk of being denied certain services and threaten their safety.

Long wait times for driver's license appointments may have new Texans worried about getting ready to vote this year. But you can still register and cast a ballot while you’re waiting on yours.

LGBTQ rights advocates targeted the Department of Public Safety with dozens of messages after the agency announced a new policy that blocks transgender Texans from changing the sex listed on their driver's licenses.

From Greg Abbott touting removals from Texas’ voter rolls to Ken Paxton initiating raids over allegations of vote harvesting, here’s a breakdown of what you should know.

The longtime head of the Department of Public Safety will step down at the end of the year.

The Texas Department of Public Safety closed the Capitol grounds through the weekend in anticipation of the protest. Organizers called the move an attempt to "repress" pro-Palestinian organizing in the state.

Clenard Parker, a 42-year-old resident of Chappell Hill, is suspected of stealing the 18-wheeler and driving it into a DPS office a day after his application for a commercial driver's license was denied. A total of 14 people were injured in the crash, according to DPS.

The teacher was seriously injured in the crash and is seeking more than $1 million in damages.

Austin ISD is one of just a four entities in the entire state that took advantage of a Texas Education Agency grant program over a decade ago to get seat belts into school buses.