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20 Jun 2023, 7:42 am
” “Ethics rules waived for Texas AG lawyers defending boss, Ken Paxton, in impeachment trial” — “The Texas attorney general’s office waived its own ethics rules when allowing six employees to take extended leaves to defend their boss, Ken Paxton, in his upcoming impeachment trial, according to agency records obtained by The Dallas Morning News. [read post]
16 Apr 2020, 2:14 pm
Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton. [read post]
12 Mar 2022, 8:06 am
Texas attorney general Ken Paxton released a statement calling the ruling “a win for thousands of unborn Texans,” vowing that he would “fight relentlessly” to prevent abortions. [read post]
11 Feb 2020, 1:23 pm
In the press release announcing the suit’s filing, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton characterized the states to which California restricts state travel as states that “uphold First Amendment protections for religious liberty,” defending the Texas bill that landed his state on the list in 2017: The law California opposes does not prevent anyone from contributing to child-welfare; in fact, it allows our state to partner with as many different… [read post]
5 Jun 2020, 12:24 pm
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton praised the court’s decision, saying, “allowing universal mail-in ballots, which are particularly vulnerable to fraud, would only lead to greater election fraud and disenfranchise lawful voters. [read post]
27 Jan 2021, 5:32 am
Six judges have now said Jimenez is innocent or at least deserves a new trial, but under state law, Attorney General Ken Paxton controls the appellate process in federal court and he has appealed all their rulings. [read post]
31 Mar 2020, 1:29 pm
Unless, of course, you are Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. [read post]
21 Nov 2021, 12:42 pm
For example, as Lise Olsen pointed out, the Kaufman County District Attorney’s Office refused to prosecute Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton—an Abbott ally—after a Ranger investigation showed the corrupt (and criminally indicted on other charges) attorney general had accepted a $100,000 gift from a Texas businessman whose company was under investigation by Paxton’s office at the time… [read post]
4 Nov 2019, 6:36 am
In a petition filed on Thursday in Texas state court of Travis County, Google, along with its parent company Alphabet, sought a protective order against Ken Paxton, the attorney general of Texas, who is spearheading the multistate antitrust investigation into the company. [read post]
10 Feb 2016, 2:53 pm
As previously mentioned, a coalition of 26 states led by Ken Paxton, the Republican attorney general of Texas, filed for an injunction in a Texas federal district court to block the program’s expansion. [read post]
23 Dec 2015, 9:47 am
Four New Attorney General Opinions Issued This Week On Texas Gun Laws On Monday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton released four official AG Opinions that deal with the new open carry law. [read post]
1 Apr 2020, 2:41 am
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton responded to the lawsuit, arguing that abortion providers should, like other elective procedures, “have no right to special treatment” based on established precedent. [read post]
8 Feb 2016, 10:57 am
The law enforcement agency has asked Attorney General Ken Paxton to block indefinitely any further release of the records sought by the Tribune.Jay's of my generation - I'm not sure if he remembers but we (barely) crossed paths at The Daily Texan in the '80s, with him a year or so ahead of me there - so I'm surprised he considers this exemption "obscure. [read post]
21 Dec 2023, 3:49 pm
Plaintiffs initially sued Ken Paxton, in his official capacity as Attorney General for the State of Texas, and several county and district attorneys around the greater Austin area …. [read post]
11 Apr 2022, 9:01 pm
Ken Paxton, on the other hand, is motivated purely by animus against the LGBTQ community. [read post]
11 Apr 2020, 11:54 am
Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton took one on the chin yesterday when Travis County District Judge Lora Livingston issued a Temporary Restraining Order barring enforcement of the governor's executive order barring jail releases of people with current charges or past convictions involving violent offenses. [read post]
20 Sep 2016, 12:18 pm
According to news reports, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton points to the significant burdens on both private businesses as well as state and local governments that will result from the new overtime rule as reasons behind the lawsuit. [read post]
20 Dec 2023, 3:46 pm
In response to the ruling, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton stated: I am very pleased the appellate court has forbidden federal agents sent by the Biden administration from destroying our concertina wire fences. [read post]
14 Jul 2022, 4:09 pm
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has challenged Biden’s order in court. [read post]
19 Jan 2024, 1:02 pm
Meanwhile, other state officials like Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton have actively campaigned to overturn the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision, joining in an amicus brief that argued that the Colorado decision was driven by partisan politics that stand to damage the American people’s confidence in the electoral process. [read post]
