The nonbinding opinion comes as housing experts and advocates fear that the COVID-19 recession will prompt a surge in evictions across the state.
Ken Paxton
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Criminal Justice
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton wants judge recused from his criminal case, promising further delays in years-old prosecution
Paxton was indicted for felony securities fraud in July 2015 but has yet to go to trial as attorneys duke out side battles over venue and prosecutor pay.
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Coronavirus in Texas
Private schools in Texas limit enrollment as they aim to reopen classrooms
Dependent on tuition money, private schools are eager to get children back into their classrooms. But they know inadequate safety measures could make them vulnerable to lawsuits.
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TribCast
TribCast: Texas revises coronavirus death tally as school reopening chaos continues
On this week’s TribCast, Alexa talks to Ross, Aliyya and Emma about the state’s bad relationship with data and the latest pingponging guidance on how and when schools can reopen during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Coronavirus in Texas
Texas attorney general says local health authorities cannot “indiscriminately” shut down schools
After Paxton’s guidance, the Texas Education Agency reversed course and announced that the state won’t fund schools that remain closed under a local public health mandate.
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Criminal Justice
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was indicted 5 years ago. He still hasn’t gone to trial.
Read our timeline covering delays and side battles in the long-running securities fraud case against Paxton.
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Criminal Justice
Criminal case against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton will return to his native Collin County, judge rules
Paxton, a Republican, was indicted in 2015 on felony securities fraud charges, but the case has yet to go to trial as side battles persist over the venue where he will be tried and the amount the special prosecutors will be paid.
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Texas 2020 Elections
Federal court tosses suit brought by Texas Democrats seeking to revive straight-ticket voting
Siding with the state, U.S. District Judge Marina Garcia Marmolejo found that Democrats lacked standing to overturn Texas Republicans’ decision to kill straight-ticket voting ahead of the November general election.
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Police brutality in Texas
Texas attorney general asks for power to investigate police who kill people
As the nation reels from George Floyd’s death at the hands of Minneapolis police, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton wants his office to have the authority to prosecute cases in which police kill. That currently falls to local authorities.
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Coronavirus in Texas
Three top Texas GOP officials who oppose expanding mail-in voting have each used it
Texas’ top Republican officials call absentee voting a recipe for fraud and are fighting efforts to expand it during the coronavirus pandemic. But the governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general have all used the option.