Almost a year and a half after President Obama announced his executive action on immigration, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Monday over the program. Look back at the various actions and decisions related to the case.
Ken Paxton
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Politics
Analysis: Legal Matters Could Temporarily Expand Abbott’s Power
Texas doesn’t have a cabinet form of government, but in Gov. Greg Abbott’s case, it might soon have the next best thing.
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Health care
Court Ends Challenge to State’s First Legal Same-Sex Marriage License
The Texas Supreme Court on Friday tossed out Attorney General Ken Paxton’s effort to undo the union of the first gay couple to legally wed in Texas.
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State Government
Roundup: New Challenges for Ken Paxton, Sid Miller
In the Roundup: The state’s attorney general faces new securities fraud charges, the Texas agriculture commissioner is the subject of an investigation over a pair of state-paid trips and the governor works to reform an embattled child welfare agency.
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TribCast
TribCast: GOP Leaders’ No Good, Very Bad Week
On this week’s TribCast — Emily’s first back at the helm — she talks to Ross, Morgan and Terri about Sid Miller’s ethics challenges, Ken Paxton’s legal woes and Greg Abbott’s challenges fixing the state’s child welfare system.
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Health care
Analysis: It Was a Tough Day for the Class of 2014 in Texas Politics
Some of the state officeholders elected in 2014 face struggles to gain control of their government, political and legal duties. They’re looking like the gang that couldn’t shoot straight, or the 1962 Mets. But the stakes are more serious than that.
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Criminal Justice
SEC Charges Ken Paxton With Securities Fraud
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has been charged in federal court with allegedly misleading investors in a technology company.
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Politics
Grand Jury Halts Paxton Land Sale Investigation
A Collin County grand jury looking into a 2004 land sale tied to a business group involving Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has decided to drop its investigation, a lawyer for the McKinney Republican said Wednesday.
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Criminal Justice
State Contractors Must Use E-Verify, AG Says
State agencies and the companies they contract with must use the E Verify system to screen for undocumented workers, Attorney General Ken Paxton said in an opinion Thursday.
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Judge Throws Out Attempt To Cap Paxton Prosecutors’ Fees
A Collin County court tossed out an attempt to stop payments to the special prosecutors appointed to pursue the financial fraud case against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Thursday.