The state’s highest criminal court agreed Wednesday to intervene in prosecutors’ long-running fight to get paid for their handling of the securities fraud case against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.
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Courts
Taking Texas to trial: the latest on the state’s court battles
Texas has a host of high-profile legal battles in the works, ranging from voting rights to political maps.
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Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick: Texas churches need to know they can have guns
Patrick requested that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issue an opinion on guns in church. The lieutenant governor said he hopes more churches will know they have the option to have guns in their buildings.
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Economy
As Bayer and Monsanto push for merger, Texas farmers fear rising prices
Multinational agricultural firms Bayer and Monsanto say their planned merger will boost innovation by consolidating resources. But some farmers say the merger eliminates competition and could lead to higher seed prices.
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Judge strikes down Texas ban on common abortion procedure
A federal district judge handed a victory to abortion rights groups Wednesday when he struck down part of a Texas law curbing access to the most common second-trimester abortion procedure, called dilation and evacuation.
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Benefits, burdens of Texas abortion procedure ban debated in 5-day trial
Arguments wrapped up Wednesday in a trial over part of a state law restricting access to the most common second-trimester abortion procedure.
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Red River land lawsuit ends in settlement
A lawsuit between landowners in northern Texas and the federal government over land near the Red River ended in a settlement that specifies the boundaries of federal land and rolls back survey efforts by the Bureau of Land Management.
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Texas Elections 2018
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton draws first Democratic challenger for 2018
Attorney Justin Nelson is entering the race to be the state’s top lawyer with just over a month until the candidate filing deadline for the 2018 primaries.
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Courts
Texas ban on abortion procedure heads to trial
Arguments began Thursday in a trial over a state ban on dilation and evacuation abortions, the most common second-trimester abortion procedure.
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Criminal Justice
District attorney closes probe into Paxton legal defense gift
Kaufman County District Attorney Erleigh Wiley said her office had closed its investigation into whether Attorney General Ken Paxton acted illegally in accepting a $100,000 gift from a CEO whose company was under investigation for fraud.
