As births have been declining, the number of deaths has been increasing as the state ages, from 9,106 deaths three decades ago to last year’s preliminary figure of 14,111. The 2025 figure is the ...

Twenty people died in 2025 in the Harris County Jail, the state's largest pre-trial detention system, which has faced years of understaffing, overcrowding and wrongful death lawsuits. The death toll ...