The Texas attorney general got a political gift in the form of a friendly request for his opinion: a chance to take a swipe at a political nemesis.
Ken Paxton
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Health care
Under new Texas law, Planned Parenthood likely to be excluded from state employees’ annual charity drive
A legal opinion from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said that facilitating state employees’ donations to Planned Parenthood falls under a 2019 state law prohibiting government entities from entering into “taxpayer resource transactions” with abortion providers or their affiliates.
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Health care
Texas judge tells Fort Worth hospital it can remove baby from life support
Tinslee Lewis’ family plans to appeal the judge’s decision, according to Texas Right to Life.
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Health care
Individual mandate is unconstitutional, federal appellate court rules in Texas-led Affordable Care Act lawsuit
A panel on the conservative-leaning U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals sent the lawsuit back to a district court in Texas to reassess how much of the Affordable Care Act can stand if the individual mandate must fall.
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Politics
Waco judge sues state agency after receiving public warning for refusing to officiate same-sex marriages
Dianne Hensley, who received a warning last month from the State Commission on Judicial Conduct, will be represented by First Liberty Institute, a high-profile religious liberty law firm with close ties to the Texas Attorney General’s Office.
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Texas AG Ken Paxton joins effort to stop Fort Worth hospital from removing 9-month-old girl from life support
The case centers around the Texas Advance Directives Act, a controversial law that allows doctors to end treatment for patients when further care is deemed futile.
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Top Texas Republicans order investigation into mother who supports child’s gender transition
A bitter child custody dispute became a flashpoint in the state’s culture wars this week as Gov. Greg Abbott and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton urged state involvement.
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Criminal Justice
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton recuses himself from opinion, citing conflict of interest
A local official had asked Paxton for legal guidance on special prosecutor pay — a major question in the criminal case against Paxton himself.
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State Government
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, Google’s new competition cop, says everything is “on the table”
In a multi-state investigation that is focused on online advertising, Paxton vows to get to the bottom of Google’s business practices.
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Analysis: For Texas Republicans, one election is no longer enough
Add a word to the Republican vocabulary in Texas: November. After two decades of GOP dominance, the party’s candidates are still winning, but they can’t safely assume that they’ve got an election in the bag after they win the GOP’s March primaries.