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The Texas attorney general said he’s “back to work” after his recent acquittal, but his office has repeatedly declined to fulfill one of its key duties: representing state agencies who are being sued.

Tomorrow, the eighth annual Texoma Gives online fundraising event will take place with participation from organizations in north Texas and southwest Oklahoma, including four from Jack County. Texoma Gives is a 16-hour, online giving event organized by the Wichita Falls Area Community which covers a 24-county area in Texas and Oklahoma.

Records obtained by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune give deeper insight into how Paxton’s representation denials often pushed agencies to look for outside legal counsel that was ultimately funded by taxpayers.

Records obtained by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune give deeper insight into how Paxton’s representation denials often pushed agencies to look for outside legal counsel that was ultimately funded by taxpayers.

Records obtained by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune give deeper insight into how Paxton’s representation denials often pushed agencies to look for outside legal counsel that was ultimately funded by taxpayers.

This article was originally published at ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. It was co-published with The Texas Tribune…

DPS responded to the scene of a deadly accident Friday night.

Jack County STOMP (Standing Together on Meth Prevention) personnel spoke to Jacksboro Lions Club members at its Aug. 9 meeting.

Sales tax checks given back to cities in Jack County were down in June. Jacksboro’s check was $ 190,228.35, down16.41%fromlast year’s $227,597.04.

Lightning caused a pair of grass fires Tuesday, Aug. 8 that burned a total of 1,236 acres of Jack County land.