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James Barragan, The Texas Tribune

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Legislature Has Little Appetite To Fund Ken Paxton’s Settlement With Whistleblowers

Texas lawmakers are facing a choice: approve $3.3 million in state funds to end a lawsuit accusing Attorney General Ken Paxton of...

D.C.-Based DOJ Investigators Take Over Corruption Probe Into Attorney General Ken Paxton

Justice Department officials in Washington, D.C., are taking over the corruption investigation into Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton after the U.S. attorney’s...

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s Priority Bills Signal Another Swing at Pushing Texas to the...

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced a list Monday of 30 wide-ranging bills that he has designated his legislative priorities, including providing property...

Attorney General Ken Paxton agrees to apologize and pay $3.3 million to whistleblowers in...

Attorney General Ken Paxton and four of his former top deputies who said he improperly fired them after they accused him of...

State Sen. Charles Schwertner Arrested On Suspicion Of Drunken Driving

State Sen. Charles Schwertner was arrested early Tuesday morning on suspicion of driving while intoxicated, according to Travis County sheriff’s office records.

Migrant Shot And Injured By National Guard Soldier Patrolling Border

A Texas National Guard soldier patrolling the Texas-Mexico border shot a migrant Sunday morning just west of McAllen, according to an internal...

More Texans Give Away Campaign Donations From Sam Bankman-Fried And Other FTX Affiliates

As authorities continue to release more information on alleged crimes by cryptocurrency exchange founder Sam Bankman-Fried and his associates, Texas politicians who...

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick Prioritizes Property Tax Relief, Electric Grid Fixes And Border Security...

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick on Wednesday unveiled a list of 21 legislative priorities including property tax relief, improving the reliability of the...

Beto O’Rourke Returned $1 Million Check From FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried

Beto O’Rourke returned a $1 million donation from embattled cryptocurrency leader Sam Bankman-Fried four days before Election Day, his campaign told The...

Ken Paxton, Texas’ Election Denier-In-Chief, Closes In On Third Term

In the days leading up to the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump, Texas Attorney...

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