Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s trial on securities fraud charges was moved Tuesday to Harris County, prompting Paxton to seek a new judge in the case.
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Texas intentionally discriminated with 2011 voter ID law, judge rules (again)
A federal judge has ruled — for the second time — that Texas lawmakers intentionally discriminated against Latino and black voters in passing a strict voter identification law in 2011.
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Judge orders Ken Paxton trial moved out of Collin County and delayed
The judge in the securities fraud case against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has ruled that the trial should be moved out of Collin County and delayed.
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Criminal Justice
Judge in Paxton case will rule on pretrial issues on Thursday
The judge in the securities fraud case against Attorney General Ken Paxton says he will rule by noon Thursday on a number of major pretrial issues.
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Texas AG sued to keep a Bible quote in school. Now he’s troubled by Muslim prayers.
Every day at lunch, a handful of teenagers in Frisco, Texas, would pop into room C112, face a whiteboard and kneel for one of their five daily prayers. Last week, top state officials learned about the room — and suddenly Liberty High had a big issue indeed.
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Economy
Texas sues feds — including Rick Perry — for failing to license nuclear waste facility
In a lawsuit filed Tuesday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton accuses U.S. agencies of violating federal law by failing to license a nuclear waste repository in Nevada.
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Criminal Justice
Paxton prosecutors want to delay May 1 trial until they can get paid
The special prosecutors handling the securities fraud case against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton are asking to put off his trial until they can get paid.
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Demographics
Paxton asks to intervene in Dallas County immigration case
The Texas attorney general’s office has asked a federal court for permission to intervene in a case about whether a county jail can hold undocumented immigrants for transfer to federal custody and subsequent deportation.
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Red River farmers hope Trump administration resolves land dispute
North Texas farmer Tommy Henderson may soon get what he has long hoped for: a resolution for his community’s lengthy dispute with the federal government over land along the Red River.
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Judge again dismisses SEC case against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton
A federal judge has again thrown out securities fraud charges against Attorney General Ken Paxton, effectively ending one of two legal battles that have dogged Paxton for more than a year.