In AG Race, Contentious Issues but Little Debate
Some of the most contentious issues on the 2014 campaign trail surround the duties of the attorney general's office, but it's not the AG candidates who've been debating them. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/10/09/AG-Race.jpg)
-
![Attorney General candidates Sam Houston, left, and Ken Paxton, right, have not had a debate.]()
Credit: Michael Stravato / Cooper Neill -
Judge Rules Texas Voter ID Law Unconstitutional
Less than two weeks before the start of early voting, a federal judge ruled the state’s photo voter ID law unconstitutional late Thursday and ordered state officials to drop the new requirements. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/09/15/VoterRegistration-ID.jpg)
![Article thumbnail]()
Credit: Illustration by Todd Wiseman -
Liveblog: Open Government at The Texas Tribune Festival
We're liveblogging the sessions from the 2014 Texas Tribune Festival's Open Government track. The sessions include panels on disclosures by legislators, open records in Texas, transparency and the Texas budget, and the issue of donor privacy. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/09/18/TTF14-liveblog-opengovernment.png)
![Article thumbnail]()
Credit: Graphic by Emily Albracht -
Arguments Wrap Up in Trial Over Latest Abortion Restrictions
UPDATED: Attorneys in the trial over ambulatory surgical center requirements for abortion facilities wrapped up their closing arguments Wednesday morning. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/04/02/San_Antonio_ASC.jpg)
![An abortion procedure room at the Whole Woman's Health ambulatory surgical center in San Antonio.]()
Credit: Ben Philpott -
GOP Lawmakers Make Case for Upholding Same-Sex Marriage Ban
UPDATED: Removing Texas' same-sex marriage ban could clear the way for bigamy and pedophilia, according to a brief signed by 63 Republican lawmakers including the GOP candidates for lieutenant governor and attorney general. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/08/06/PatrickPaxton.jpg)
![GOP nominees for lieutenant governor and attorney general Dan Patrick (l.) and Ken Paxton.]()
Credit: Bob Daemmrich/ Laura Buckman -
Judge's Ruling Goes Against Death Row Inmate Skinner
A district court judge ruled against death row inmate Hank Skinner on Tuesday in the wake of new DNA testing, saying it was “reasonably probable” he would still have been convicted had the evidence been available at trial. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/20100120-IMG_2761-2.jpg)
![Hank Skinner was sentenced to death for the 1993 triple slaying of his girlfriend and her two sons.]()
Credit: Caleb Bryant Miller -
Women Want State’s Help in Pelvic Mesh Fight
While thousands of women across the country are engaged in lawsuits against manufacturers of pelvic mesh implants, a Texas group is trying to get the state to take action against a company that makes the medical devices. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/07/09/Mesh-2.jpg)
![Aaron Leigh Johnson-Horton, founder of The Mesh Warrior Foundation, prepares gifts to mail to women with complications from a mesh implant at her home in Dallas, Texas on July 8, 2014.]()
Credit: Cooper Neill -
For Democrats, a Familiar Name and Tempered Optimism in AG Race
Democrats have big hopes for an attorney general candidate named Sam Houston. They believe his Republican opponent, Ken Paxton, is vulnerable. Paxton’s supporters say Democrats have little cause for optimism. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/06/28/BANTA-2014DemConvention_062814_2332-2.jpg)
![Democratic nominee for Attorney General, Sam Houston, addresses delegates on the final day of the 2014 Texas Democratic Convention held at the Dallas Convention Center in Dallas, Texas, June 28, 2014.]()
Credit: Alyssa Banta -
Female Lawyers in Texas AG's Office See Bigger Pay Gap Than in California
A comparison of pay in the state attorney general's offices in California and Texas reveals gender discrepancies at both agencies, but shows the pay of female lawyers at the Texas agency fell further behind their male colleagues. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/05/21/pay-equality-tx-ca.png)
![Article thumbnail]()
Credit: Graphic by Emily Albracht -
Paxton, Branch Attorney General Brawl Gets Pricey
In the Republican race for attorney general, state Sen. Ken Paxton is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to tell voters his opponent, state Rep. Dan Branch, is too liberal. Branch is buying airtime to question Paxton's ethics. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/05/09/Paxton-Branch-Split.jpg)
![Article thumbnail]()
Credit: Callie Richmond / Michael Stravato -
TribLive: Branch on Transparency
At our May 8 TribLive conversation, state Rep. Dan Branch, R-Dallas, a Republican candidate for Texas attorney general in 2014, responded to questions about his commitment to transparency and explained where he stands on "dark money." Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/videos/UP9A5599.jpg)
![Article thumbnail]()
-
TribLive: Branch on Paxton
At our May 8 TribLive conversation, state Rep. Dan Branch, R-Dallas, a Republican candidate for Texas attorney general in 2014, laid out the case against his rival in the May 27 runoff, state Sen. Ken Paxton, R-McKinney. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/videos/7C2A4207.jpg)
![Article thumbnail]()
-
TribLive: A Conversation With Dan Branch
Full video of my May 8 TribLive conversation with state Rep. Dan Branch, R-Dallas, a Republican candidate for Texas attorney general in 2014. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/videos/UP9A5627.jpg)
![Article thumbnail]()
-
For State Politicians, BLM Dispute is Fertile Turf
Several Texas politicians have helped draw national attention to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management's plans to manage a stretch of Red River land. Area lawmakers who have been working this year on a resolution welcome the extra attention. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/05/01/TexTrib-REDRIVER-001-Dwwhurst.jpg)
![Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst accepted the microphone from Texas landowner Tommy Henderson on April 28, 2014, during a gathering of politicians, landowners, law enforcement officials and news outlets on Red River land northeast of Byers, Texas. Dewhurst expressed support for ranchers in their fight with the BLM over land they say they own.]()
Credit: Robert W. Hart -
Blurred Lines: Dispute Between Texas, BLM Has Complicated History
Amid a federal agency's looming decision about what to do with a ribbon of land along the Red River it claims, Texas officials are speaking out on the issue. This is how we got here. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/04/25/RedRiver.jpg)
![Tommy Henderson shows a survey of land along the Red River in North Texas.]()
Credit: Jim Malewitz -
Paxton Campaign Reviewing Lapses in Business Disclosure
The campaign of attorney general candidate Ken Paxton is "reviewing and researching" its disclosure obligations in the wake of a Tribune investigation into his work as an investment adviser representative and other business relationships. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/04/17/Paxton-Investigates.jpg)
![Ken Paxton has come to the defense of a Christmas-themed Peanuts poster. But this isn't the first time a Texas official has fought over Christmas.]()
Credit: Callie Richmond / Todd Wiseman -
Texas Seizes Polygamist Group's Ranch in West Texas
Six years after Texas officials removed hundreds of children from their polygamist parents, state and local authorities seized the sprawling 1,700-acre Yearning For Zion Ranch this week. Full Story
Credit: Bob Daemmrich -
Cyber Crimes Efforts That Abbott Touts Had Roots in Predecessor's Office
Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott often touts the work of his office’s Cyber Crimes Unit, which he established. A review of the unit’s history found that its work extends beyond Abbott’s tenure as attorney general. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/04/02/Abbott-CyberCrime4.jpg)
![Article thumbnail]()
Credit: Illustration by Todd Wiseman / Callie Richmond / Jakub Krechowicz -
AG Candidates Weigh In on Execution of Mexican National
Wednesday night’s execution in Texas of a Mexican national convicted of killing a Houston police officer has given the candidates vying to be the state’s next attorney general an opportunity to weigh in on the death penalty. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/11/25/AG-Candidates.jpg)
![GOP attorney general candidates from left to right: Ken Paxton, Dan Branch, Barry Smitherman.]()
Credit: C. Richmond / M. Stravato / D. Kramer -
Texplainer: Is the AG Legally Required to Defend a State Law?
Hey, Texplainer: Could Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott choose to not defend a law? What are the state attorney general’s responsibilities when it comes to lawsuits against Texas? Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/11/15/Abbott-Davis-Split.jpg)
![Greg Abbott, then a candidate for governor and now the governor-elect, spoke at a NE Tarrant Tea Party meeting at Concordia Lutheran Church in Bedford on Nov. 12, 2013. State Sen. Wendy Davis, who was also running for governor, spoke to veterans at Luby's in Forest Hill the day before.]()
Credit: Mark Graham / Cooper Neil
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/2c625b50a1f0432fe8eea5c6b6763b9b/BD%20INC%20Mormon%2014%202012)