A Harris County district court judge sided with prosecutors and delayed Attorney General Ken Paxton’s securities fraud case — which had been scheduled for Dec. 11 — for a new date yet to be determined.
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Criminal Justice
Hearing in Paxton case to consider prosecutors’ push for another trial delay
Attorney General Ken Paxton’s lawyers and the prosecutors handling the securities fraud case will debate Wednesday whether his trial should be delayed — for a third time — until the prosecutors can get paid.
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Demographics
Texas attorney general now accepting complaints on “sanctuary” jurisdictions
Attorney General Ken Paxton on Tuesday announced his office is accepting sworn complaints against “sanctuary” jurisdictions that prohibit local police from cooperating with federal immigration authorities.
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State Government
Texas railroad commissioner wants AG to weigh in on board chair’s actions
Two days after Texas Railroad Commissioner Ryan Sitton and the board’s chair, Christi Craddick, clashed publicly at a state meeting, Sitton is asking Attorney General Ken Paxton to weigh in on his colleague’s actions.
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In Harvey's Wake
Abbott, Paxton send Trump letter requesting FEMA funding for churches
The letter comes after Sens. Ted Cruz and John Cornyn, along with Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri and Sen. James Lankford of Oklahoma, introduced an act to make houses of worship eligible for FEMA Public Assistance program grants.
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Politics
Report: Trump’s judicial nominee from Texas called transgender kids part of “Satan’s plan”
Jeff Mateer, one of President Donald Trump’s latest judicial nominees and a high-ranking official in Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office, said transgender children are part of “Satan’s plan” in a May 2015 speech, CNN reported.
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Paxton prosecutors want Court of Criminal Appeals to help them get paid
The special prosecutors in the securities fraud case against Attorney General Ken Paxton are asking the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals to reverse a lower court’s ruling that voided a six-figure invoice they submitted.
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Health care
Amid opioid investigation, Texas and other states demand drug company documents
Texas and a coalition of 40 other states have served subpoenas or other requests to eight companies that manufacture or distribute prescription painkillers, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Tuesday.
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Immigration
Report: Trump has decided to end Obama-era immigration program DACA
President Donald Trump has decided to end an Obama-era program that has granted relief from deportation to hundreds of thousands of young undocumented immigrants, according to media reports.
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Health care
Judge temporarily halts Texas ban on common second-trimester abortion procedure
A federal judge on Thursday delayed for two weeks enforcement of part of a state law that bans the most common second-trimester abortion method.