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Ken Paxton has good reason to celebrate. The indicted state attorney general who still faces two counts of securities fraud (both felonies with a potential 99-year sentence) and an ongoing FBI investigation was recently acquitted on 16 articles of impeachment by the Texas Senate. Only two Republicans (Bob Nichols of
The Sumter High School Class of 1973 will hold its 50-year reunion Sept. 1-3. For information, email Sallie Cabbagestalk Oxendine at Blackcat29154@yahoo.com. The Sumter Coin Club meets from 7 to 8 p.m. on the third Tuesday of each month at …
No area of our local government draws as much ire and mistrust as family courts. Seemingly countless blogs, YouTube channels, and Facebook groups are dedicated to scrutinizing the decisions of Tarrant County family court judges (elected every four years) and their personally appointed associate judges. Critics of
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Judge was a policymaking employee subject to patronage termination, 5th Circuit rules Image from Shutterstock.com. A family court judge in Texas, who refused to support a favored judicial candidate, was a policymaking and confidential employee who wasn’t eligible for First Amendment protection from firing, a federal appeals court has ruled. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at New Orleans ruled Monday against Judge Diane Haddock, who was one of seven associate judges in Tarrant County, Texas, appointed by the county’s elected district judges. Judge Edith Brown Clement, a nominee of...