A pair of taxpayer-funded contracts meant to upgrade the state’s antiquated child support enforcement system are behind schedule and at least $50 million over budget, and the House’s chief budget writers want to know why.
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Feds Freeze Funding on Troubled Child Support Upgrade Project
The federal government has temporarily suspended funding for a project to upgrade the state’s antiquated child support enforcement system — run through the AG’s office — whose projected costs have risen dramatically ahead of initial estimates.
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Criminal Justice
Paxton’s Attorneys Fire Back at Prosecutors in Court Filing
Lawyers in Attorney General Ken Paxton’s ongoing securities fraud case have fired back against special prosecutors in the latest in a series of back-and-forth court filings.
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Energy
Roundup: HERO, Quakes and “In God We Trust”
In the Roundup: A Houston nondiscrimination ordinance goes down, state regulators find no clear link between oilfield activity and some North Texas earthquakes, and a local police department gets the legal go-ahead to keep its “In God We Trust” stickers.
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Politics
In Filing, Prosecutors Say Paxton is Engaged in “Pre-Trial Shell Game”
In a 19-page court filing, the special prosecutors pursuing the financial securities fraud case against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton delivered a scathing response to Paxton’s latest efforts to dismiss his three felony charges.
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Health care
Texas-based Mannatech at Center of Questions About Carson’s Ethics
GOP presidential candidate Ben Carson faces questions about his ties to Texas dietary supplement maker Mannatech, and that criticism is being fueled by a 2009 settlement secured by then-Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott.
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Analysis: At Attorney General’s Office, Making the Best of a Bad Situation
Suppose the Texas agriculture commissioner had to recuse himself from any regulation of beef, or the state comptroller had to stay out of any tax cases involving motor fuel. The Texas attorney general actually has a problem like that.
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Criminal Justice
Harris County to Paxton: We’re Still Suing Volkswagen
Harris County has politely declined Attorney General Ken Paxton’s request to drop its lawsuit against Volkswagen over the carmaker’s use of software that allowed its diesel vehicles to skirt emissions limits.
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Travis County DA Sues to Block Records of Deal With Insurer
Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg is suing to block the release of records about a controversial agreement that allows a giant insurance company to pay her office more than $400,000 a year to investigate the insurer’s fraud cases.
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Criminal Justice
State Bungled Earlier Complaints About Group Home
State investigators failed to respond to prior complaints about an illegal assisted living facility in Austin shut down by Attorney General Ken Paxton on Friday, and one of Paxton’s employees is under investigation concerning powers of attorney related to the case.
