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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.
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Texas sues Biden administration over confidential contraception for teens
Federal clinics in Texas are already required to get parental permission to prescribe birth control after a 2022 court ruling.
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Another judge rejects Texas AG Ken Paxton’s suit to shut down decriminalization policy
The case’s dismissal is the second courtroom defeat for Paxton as he’s sought to shut down municipal marijuana reform policies.
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House ethics chair says Paxton’s claim he’s being impeached again is meritless
Attorney General Ken Paxton on Wednesday evening said the Texas House ethics committee, which scheduled a meeting for next week, is planning to recommend impeaching him a second time.
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Court ruling suggests recent activity in federal investigation of Ken Paxton
Records don’t name the attorney general’s office, but their details line up with the accusations former top deputies made against Paxton.
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Judge throws out Texas AG’s suit challenging voter-backed cannabis decriminalization
Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton sought to overturn decriminalization ordinances approved by voters in five Texas cities.
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How Ken Paxton is stretching the boundaries of consumer protection laws to pursue political targets
The attorney general repeatedly uses laws meant to protect against fraudulent or deceptive practices to target hospitals, pharmaceutical companies and LGBTQ+ groups.
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Pope blasts Texas AG Paxton’s suit to shut down migrant-aiding Catholic charity
Pope Francis called Ken Paxton’s attempt to close El Paso-based Annunciation House ‘madness.’
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Donald Trump says he’d consider Ken Paxton for U.S. attorney general
Trump told a reporter in Texas this weekend that Paxton is ‘a very talented guy.’