Gov. Greg Abbott picks Rebeca Huddle for Texas Supreme Court vacancy
Abbott, a former Texas Supreme Court justice himself, picked Huddle to serve on the all-Republican high court. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/38903d7220f42886adada08eb1fd031a/Rebeca%20Huddle%20TT.jpg)
-
![Rebeca Huddle.]()
Credit: via Baker Botts -
Embattled Texas AG Ken Paxton and outside attorney respond to complaint that led to staff uprising
Outside attorney Brandon Cammack said he'd never met Paxton before he was asked to apply for the position, but he “rose to the occasion” in accepting a major assignment. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/271e70eb05e5c3d4a293fd4ecde47a01/AG%20Ken%20Paxton%20MKC%20TT%2001.jpg)
![Attorney General Ken Paxton during a press conference in 2017.]()
Credit: Marjorie Kamys Cotera for The Texas Tribune -
Texas' attempt to ban common abortion procedure blocked by appeals court
Women in Texas can continue to access the most common procedure used to end a pregnancy in the second trimester, after a federal appeals court Tuesday struck down a state law that would have curtailed its use. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/a7633b101c55f4a6d8153be23f19e3d7/Womens%20Health%20Clinic%20SS%20TT%2006.jpg)
![A nurse practitioner consults with a patient at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Austin.]()
Credit: Tamir Kalifa for The Texas Tribune -
Supreme Court says Trump administration can shut down census count now, despite fears of an undercount
Plaintiffs in the case contend that a shortened timeline would result in an undercount of harder-to-count populations, including immigrants, people of color and lower-income groups, depriving them of funding and representation. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/238769a90fe94ab2d9f1406c4cefbecf/Census%20question%20REUTERS%20TT.jpg)
![A protester holds a sign outside the U.S. Supreme Court where the court ruled that U.S. President Donald Trump's administrat…]()
Credit: Carlos Barria/REUTERS -
Texas Republicans' last-minute challenge to drive-thru voting in Harris County dismissed by appeals court
The court filing from just before early voting began was the latest GOP effort to tamp down voting options in the state's most populous county. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/c423092cc4b362688dbf0cff811025cb/Curbside%20voting%20MS%20TT.jpg)
![A election worker holds a voting machine in the window of a car using the new curbside voting system in Houston on Tuesday, …]()
Credit: Michael Stravato for The Texas Tribune -
Texas counties can offer only one drop-off ballot location, federal appeals court rules, upholding Gov. Greg Abbott’s order
Civil rights groups and voting advocates had argued the restriction would disproportionately impact low-income voters, voters with disabilities, older voters and voters of color in Democratic counties. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/c439d9ad4e9c38673bac3dfe4726dc8c/Mail-In%20Ballot%20Drop%20AI%20TT%2005.jpg)
![The Travis County Tax Office at 5501 Airport Blvd is now the only drive-thru location open for hand delivery of mail ballots…]()
Credit: Amna Ijaz/The Texas Tribune -
Donor accuses Texas AG Ken Paxton’s office of mishandling complaint that led to staff mutiny
Aides in the attorney general’s office have said their boss used the power of the agency to serve the financial interests of Nate Paul, an Austin investor and donor. Paul’s attorney said his client has been the victim of agency “dysfunction.” Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/e95e48ebc9f6fa558c4410f4b7f5d7d4/AG%20Ken%20Paxton%20BD%20TT%2004.jpg)
![Attorney General Ken Paxton spoke to the Republican convention delegates in 2018.]()
Credit: Bob Daemmrich for The Texas Tribune -
Paxton fought $300 hourly rate for attorneys prosecuting him, but OKs it for “rookie” lawyer in donor’s case
The long-running securities fraud case against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton — now more than five years old — has been delayed for years as he resists paying special prosecutors $300 an hour. But he personally signed off on that rate for an inexperienced attorney probing a political donor’s complaint. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2017/12/20/NMC_01_paxtonhearing_112JL_TT.jpg)
![Special prosecutors Brian Wice, left, and Kent Schaffer enter the Collin County Courthouse during a pre-trial motion hearing…]()
Credit: Jae S. Lee/The Dallas Morning News -
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton hired an inexperienced lawyer to investigate claims by his political donor
The young lawyer has five years of experience and apparent ties to an attorney for Nate Paul, a political donor to Paxton at the center of the latest allegations against the attorney general. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/9c90b231853c0fc6b5105ea4e2587ff2/Brandon%20Cammack%20TT.jpg)
![Brandon Cammack.]()
Credit: via Cammack Law Firm -
Attorney General Ken Paxton's office said it's closing investigation into donor's claims, which top aides linked to criminal allegations
Top aides have accused Paxton of using the agency to serve the interests of the donor through the investigation — which has involved subpoenas related to the donor's financial interests. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/ef06501e17bc9be3e9bad9972b68a8e9/Ken%20Paxton%20REUTERS%20TT.JPG)
![Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks outside the U.S. Supreme Court in 2016.]()
Credit: REUTERS/Joshua Roberts -
In new email, senior aides say Ken Paxton used power of his office to benefit political donor Nate Paul
The aides are doubling down on accusations they made last week to law enforcement that Paxton had committed crimes including bribery and abuse of office. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/6fd635de5e84d2018b870e123af8dce3/AG%20Ken%20Paxton%20BD%20TT%2003.jpg)
![Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks to the Gun Owners of America assembly in 2018.]()
Credit: Bob Daemmrich for The Texas Tribune -
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn says he’s “not really happy” with the way Ken Paxton has run the Texas attorney general’s office
Cornyn said the allegations against Paxton “need to be investigated.” Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/2a648ed4080839825dc99e1d0c179648/01_Cornyn_Cruz_MKC_TT.jpg)
![US Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and US Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speak to media following Texas Public Policy Foundation's annua…]()
Credit: Marjorie Kamys Cotera for The Texas Tribune -
Appeals court says census count must continue through the end of the month
The government had requested a stay after a federal judge blocked the administration’s efforts to end the count last week and process the data in time to deliver it to the president for apportionment by a statutory deadline of Dec. 31. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/e9337b5e6225b1fc309dfba74fc1c00f/Census%20Mail%20EG%20TT%2004.jpg)
![United States Census 2020 mailers sent to Austin. Photographed on June 23, 2020.]()
Credit: Eddie Gaspar/The Texas Tribune -
Travis County district attorney's office disputes part of Ken Paxton's defense of bribery allegations
Among the documents Paxton released Wednesday was a June 10 referral from the Travis County district attorney’s office, which asked the attorney general’s office to investigate a complaint that appears to come from Nate Paul. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/d3722d8d48076c5dfd9bc5640b1b1bc5/AG%20Ken%20Paxton%20SCOTUS%20REUTERS.jpg)
![Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton addresses reporters on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court after the court took up a major…]()
Credit: REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque -
Federal appeals court says Texas doesn’t have to give geriatric inmates hand sanitizer for now
The order temporarily blocks a lower court’s ruling that would have gone into effect Oct. 14 and forced Texas to provide more protective measures against the coronavirus at a geriatric prison. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/084b170258e0e5ef9a3320933109f57f/Prison%20razor%20wire%20AP%20TT.jpg)
![Birds fly overhead at the Hilltop prison unit in Gatesville, Texas, Nov. 25, 2019.]()
Credit: Angela Piazza for The Texas Tribune -
Harris County can't send mail-in ballot applications to all registered voters, Texas Supreme Court rules
The elections administrator for the county, Texas' most populous and a critical stronghold for Democrats, has already sent the applications to voters 65 or over. The GOP Texas Supreme Court ruled he may not send them to the rest of the county's 2.4 million registered voters. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/d938b75c82be121c236072f3003101b7/Mail%20in%20Ballot%20Form%20Voting%20MG%20TT%2001.jpg)
![Mail-in ballot application.]()
Credit: Miguel Gutierrez Jr./The Texas Tribune -
Early voting can start Oct. 13 as scheduled, Texas Supreme Court rules
The Texas Supreme Court ruled against several GOP officials who pushed to keep early voting to a two-week period during the pandemic. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/7b7165c3e050fbbc74f5086d530c0044/SATX%20Ballot%20Drop%20Off%20RJ%2004.jpg)
![People wait outside the Bexar County Elections Department in San Antonio to drop off their mail-in ballots, voter registrati…]()
Credit: Robin Jerstad for The Texas Tribune -
Who is Nate Paul, the real estate investor linked to abuse-of-office allegations against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton?
Earlier in his career, media reports called the now 33-year-old real estate investor a “wunderkind,” a “rising star” and a “prodigy.” Now he’s fighting more than a dozen bankruptcies and has been linked to criminal allegations against an embattled Texas politician. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/ce8ebfa173a1d9d353d1d1c615cfa38d/Nate%20Paul%2001%20TT.jpg)
![Nate Paul is the CEO of World Class, a real estate holding company.]()
Credit: World Class website -
Texas politicians fueled criticism of “Cuties." Now, Netflix is facing criminal charges in a small East Texas county.
The district attorney in Tyler County, where the grand jury indicted Netflix, is the son of U.S. Rep. Brian Babin, who has labeled the movie child pornography. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/6c8ed2373fbb2065911e763e43c44792/Netflix%20Cuties%20TT%2001.jpg)
![Cuties on Netflix.]()
Credit: Miguel Gutierrez Jr./The Texas Tribune -
Who is Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general accused of bribery and abuse of office?
Paxton said Monday he wouldn’t resign. Here’s what we know so far about the latest allegations against Texas’ top legal official. Full Story
![Attorney General Ken Paxton during a press conference in 2017.]()
Credit: Marjorie Kamys Cotera for The Texas Tribune