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Mark Penley was convicted of two counts of murder in October 2021 after he fatally shot his ex-girlfriend and her boyfriend.

After the chief of the attorney general’s Civil Medicaid Fraud Division was forced out last year, two-thirds of attorneys have quit the unit, leaving it at its smallest size since Paxton took office.

Under Ken Paxton, Texas’ civil Medicaid fraud unit is falling apart

After the chief of the attorney general’s Civil Medicaid Fraud Division was forced out last year, two-thirds of attorneys have quit the unit, leaving it at its smallest size since Paxton took office.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) is making a last-ditch effort to avoid publicly testifying Thursday in the lawsuit that led to his impeachment last summer. The attorney general’s voice was conspicuously absent during that spectacle, which ended with his acquittal in the highly conservative Texas Senate. But if he fails to convince the state’s highest court…

A Texas state senator is urging his colleagues to consider reopening Ken Paxton's impeachment following his efforts to end a whistleblower lawsuit against him.

A Texas lawmaker wants the state Senate to revisit impeachment charges against Attorney General Ken Paxton over the latest legal filing in a whistleblower lawsuit.

The Odessa American is the leading source of local news, information, entertainment and sports for the Permian Basin.

A Texas state senator is urging his colleagues to consider reopening Ken Paxton's impeachment following his efforts to end a whistleblower lawsuit against him.