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 ...

Blacklock is replacing retired Chief Justice Nathan Hecht, while Abbott's legal adviser James Sullivan takes the open spot on the bench.

The chief justice of the Texas Supreme Court urged the state legislature to raise salaries for judges across the state.

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.

Texas is poised to increase pay for state court judges for the first time in over a decade, but its highest ranking judge is ...

Texas Supreme Court Justice Jimmy Blacklock will succeed Nathan Hecht as the court's chief justice. Gov. Greg Abbott has appointed current Texas Supreme Court Justice Jimmy Blacklock as chief ...

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 ...

Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday promoted Justice Jimmy Blacklock to chief justice of the Texas Supreme Court and appointed his legal adviser James Sullivan to fill an open spot on the all-Republican bench.

Justice Jimmy Blacklock has been appointed the newest chief justice of the Texas Supreme Court. Blacklock replaces Nathan Hecht, who was the longest-serving justice in the court's history.

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 ...