By settling the securities fraud case that has dogged his entire tenure as Texas’ attorney general, Ken Paxton on Tuesday shed a legal and political albatross that has swung from his neck for nine years, and immediately became a champion among his fellow Republicans and politically weaker in the minds of Democrats with two and […]
A nationwide LGBTQ+ organization operating in Texas is pushing against what it calls an “outrageous and unconstitutional demand” from state Attorney General Ken Paxton in asking for information on those trying to assist transgender youth to receive gender-affirming medical care, according to court documents. In a filing Wednesday evening, PFLAG National asked a Travis County […]
HOUSTON (AP) — A judge on Friday rejected Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton ’s attempts to throw out felony securities fraud charges that have shadowed the Republican for nearly a decade. The decision by state District Judge Andrea Beall, an elected Democrat, keeps Paxton on track for an April 15 trial on charges that he […]