Highest court in Texas tackles Harvey delays by extending deadlines

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Hurricane Harvey even slowed down the justice system in counties along the coast.
The state’s highest courts have the authority to suspend civil and criminal cases during disasters, and this week they did just that.
KXAN’s Josh Hinkle sat down with the man leading that major decision, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas Nathan Hecht.
“Courthouses have been destroyed, are underwater, have no power,” Justice Hecht said. “Judges are evacua