Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton pushed to rescind Houston virus relief funding
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton pushed to rescind Houston virus relief funding AP Share: AUSTIN, Texas -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton asked Trump administration officials to rescind federal virus relief funding that Houston used to expand people's voting options, according to a document revealed Tuesday. In a May 21 letter to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Paxton accused officials in Harris County, which includes Houston, of misusing up to $12 million of the federal funding and violating state law with their plans to expand the use of mail-in ballots for the presidential election....