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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to temporarily halt state Attorney General Ken Paxton’s scheduled testimony in a whistleblower lawsuit that was at the heart of the impeachment charges brought against him in 2023, delaying what could have been the Republican’s first sworn statements on corruption allegations. Paxton had urged […]

A Travis County judge denied the attorney general’s attempt to decide the case without a jury.

A Texas judge denied a request from Attorney General Ken Paxton's office to enter a final judgment in the case involving a lawsuit with several whistleblowers.

The OAG's office calls the case against him 'meritless,' 'expensive,' 'time-consuming,' and 'biased.'

A standoff at an Eagle Pass park continues as the Department of Homeland Security has sent a second letter to Gov. Greg Abbott demanding access to the Rio Grande park that is now under state control.[San Marcos, TX] [Hays County news] Opinions San Marcos News, San Marcos Record [Texas State]

At the center of the issue is the attorney general's decision to not continue fighting a lawsuit brought forward by a group of former employees who were fired after reporting him to the FBI in 2020.

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AUSTIN (Nexstar) – As a group of unaccompanied minors turned themselves in to federal authorities near the border wall in McAllen, U.S. Border Patrol agent Chris Cabrera sighed in frustration. He grows weary seeing yet another set of migrant children making the dangerous journey on their own. “We’ve pulled bodies out of the river. Young […]

A new law requires counties that allow residents to vote at any polling location to increase the number of locations.

Paxton is asking the Supreme Court to intervene by Wednesday, the same day as a previously scheduled hearing to discuss his motion for a final ruling.