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Even if courts block Ken Paxton’s ‘election integrity’ moves, the damage is already done
Voting-rights experts warn that the Republican AG’s actions are intimidating Texas voters and activists.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton
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Ken Paxton withdrew an opinion on gun bans weeks after suing Texas state fair for a similar restriction
Paxton sued Dallas and state fair officials last month, arguing the fair’s private organizer had violated state law by banning firearms on the fairgrounds.
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Texas AG Ken Paxton sues Bexar County over plan to mail voter-registration cards
Commissioners Court approved the plan to expand voter outreach even though the Republican AG threatened legal action.
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Transgender Texans now barred from changing sex listed on birth certificates
Advocacy groups accuse Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton of bullying a state agency to make the change.
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Bexar County Court approves plan to mail out voter applications
Tuesday’s vote came despite a threat by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to sue the county.
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Texas AG Ken Paxton threatens to sue Bexar County if it mails voter registration cards
The move comes amid controversial raids and investigations Paxton’s office launched to sniff out alleged voter fraud.
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Group sues Texas over law banning state business with firms ‘boycotting’ fossil fuels
The lawsuit, filed in federal court, argues that the 2021 so-called “anti-ESG” law discriminates against specific political views.
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Group of Texas Democrats asks DOJ to investigate Texas over possible voter rights violations
The request by the Texas Senate Democratic Caucus in a letter to the Department of Justice follows a similar request by a Latino civil rights organization.
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Ken Paxton takes Dallas to court over gun ban at State Fair
With the State Fair opening in less than a month, the Attorney General is asking a Dallas County judge to overturn the ban on guns.
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Top voting-rights groups blast Texas attorney general’s latest ‘election integrity’ probe
Texas Civil Rights Project, ACLU Texas and others said the AG is seeking to intimidate voter registration groups.
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Judge in Texas pauses Biden’s plan offering citizenship to spouses of U.S. citizens
Texas’ Ken Paxton was among the Republican attorneys general who sued to halt the program.
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LULAC asks feds to probe Ken Paxton’s San Antonio-area raids
Paxton’s ‘election integrity’ probe largely targeted Latinos, including a Texas House candidate and an 80-year-old who registers people to vote, LULAC said.
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Warrants detail allegations that led to search of Democratic candidate for Texas House
The Texas attorney general’s office searched the home of Cecilia Castellano and a Democratic legislative aide. It said it’s investigating vote harvesting. Activists called it ‘intimidation.’
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Judge rejects Attorney General Ken Paxton’s attempt to shut down Houston immigrant rights group
Paxton’s office claimed the group broke rules prohibiting political activity by nonprofits, but the judge rejected the case outright.
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Texas AG Ken Paxton executes Bexar County warrants to search for election fraud
Paxton’s office spent $2.3 million on its election-fraud crusade last year and prosecuted just four cases.
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Assclown Alert: Demanding a fully armed State Fair with Texas AG Ken Paxton
Paxton threatened to sue the city of Dallas after the State Fair of Texas implemented a gun ban in response to a shooting at last year’s gathering.
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Free speech groups challenge Texas law requiring parental consent for kids’ social media
Tech groups have also sued to block the state law from going into effect Sept. 1.
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Texas AG Ken Paxton sues Houston immigrants’ rights org over political speech
Attorney General Ken Paxton has targeted similar organizations that aid migrants at the border. The lawsuit appears to be the first to focus on political speech and rules that govern nonprofits.
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Texas sues Biden again to block federal protections for transgender workers
The Texas Attorney General is following his familiar playbook by taking the case to a federal judge with a record of rulings against the Biden administration’s agenda.
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Gov. Greg Abbott orders Texas’ public hospitals to start reporting costs of treating migrants
Advocacy groups said the mandate, which could affect 200,000 people in San Antonio, doesn’t make sense and is another effort to scapegoat migrants for political gain.