The safety net for Texas children has some big holes in it, and most lawmakers want that fixed. But it’s going to cost money — a harder sell in a conservative Texas Legislature.
Ken Paxton
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Criminal Justice
Appeals court dismisses case on immigrant harboring law
A three-judge panel of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans dismissed a case brought against the state over a provision of Texas law that prohibits “concealing, harboring, or shielding” undocumented immigrants.
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Health care
Texas attorney general on funding for sex-trafficking victims: “We’ll take what we can get”
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said more should be done to help sex-trafficking victims and protect vulnerable children in Texas — but that it’s not up to him to fund those efforts.
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Health care
Citing sex-trafficking series, Texas Dem urges Paxton to stop fighting foster care suit
“If there was ever a call to action for state officials to get serious about reforming foster care, this was it,” state Rep. Chris Turner said about problems plaguing the child welfare agency.
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Criminal Justice
Texas Republicans pitch new voter ID law
Top Texas Republicans unveiled legislation Tuesday that would overhaul the state’s voter identification rules, an effort to comply with court rulings that have found the current law discriminates against minority groups.
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Criminal Justice
Federal judge sanctions Texas in voter registration lawsuit
The state’s “months-long delay” in producing documents “has been disruptive, time consuming, cost consuming” and has burdened plaintiffs in the voting rights lawsuit, the judge wrote. The order will run up Texas’ legal tab.
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Criminal Justice
Prosecutors argue Ken Paxton’s trial should leave Collin County
Prosecutors in the criminal case against the Texas attorney general argue the trial should be moved out of Collin County. They fear they won’t get a fair shake there.
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton hangs on politically as criminal trial looms
In less than three months, Texans will watch as their attorney general stands trial on securities fraud charges, facing up to 99 years in prison. Yet Ken Paxton’s Republican base is standing by him.
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Politics
Texas Attorney General first in country to file brief backing Trump travel ban
Attorney General Ken Paxton issued an amicus brief Wednesday expressing his support of President Donald Trump’s travel ban, effectively becoming the first state attorney general to back the controversial executive order.
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Criminal Justice
Is an ICE detainer legal? Texas AG and immigration attorneys disagree
After Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton insisted in a letter last week that Texas’ anti-“sanctuary cities” bill would survive a legal challenge, immigration attorneys are trying to convince members of the Legislature that he’s wrong.