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Democrats, GOP and Texas House of Representatives

The Texas Tribune · 2h

Texas Democrats are fundraising to potentially leave the state to block GOP-backed redistricting

The money could be used to cover the $500-a-day fines lawmakers would incur under House rules set to discourage members from absconding after Democrats fled the state in 2021.

Fox News on MSN · 51m

Texas Democrats preparing state exodus to block GOP redistricting despite $500 daily fines

Texas Democrats are looking to break quorum to prevent a GOP redistricting plan, facing $500 daily fines and threats from the state attorney general.

Texas Democrats meet with Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham amid redistricting fight

Unlike the many Texans who flock to New Mexico's capital city for summer art markets and carne adovada, a group of Democrats from the Lone Star State came to Santa Fe on Tuesday for business reasons.

New York county clerk sued by Texas attorney general

Times Union on MSN · 1d

Texas attorney general sues Ulster County clerk over abortion ruling

Ken Paxton is seeking a writ of mandamus that would compel Taylor Bruck to file a Texas judgment in New York state court.

Hoodline · 20h

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Sues New York Clerk in Escalating Abortion Rights Legal Battle

Ken Paxton files a legal petition against an NY county clerk to enforce a judgement related to abortion drugs sent to Texas.

KXAN Austin on MSN · 11h

Texas, New York locked in legal dispute over abortion pill

Texas has not banned abortion pills entirely, and the Supreme Court has previously upheld access to those medications when parties have sued the Food and Drug Administration. A ban stalled in the Texas House earlier this year.

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Texas senators running for attorney general to vote on bill expanding the office's power

Three state senators are running to replace Attorney General Ken Paxton in 2026. They will consider a bill letting the office ...

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton hiring more costly private lawyers for his office's work

Despite having hundreds of attorneys on staff, Ken Paxton frequently opts to hire private lawyers. One cost taxpayers more ...

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Texas Republicans struggle to defend redistricting as hearings grow contentious

Leading Republicans in the redistricting battle continue to voice their disagreement with the Justice Department premise that ...

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Texas Attorney General’s Office tells Bexar to ‘phase out’ court system

The Attorney General’s Office also declined to represent the county in a Texas Supreme Court case challenging Bexar County’s ...

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State of Texas: Two Democrats join race to replace Attorney General Ken Paxton

When it comes to the race to replace Ken Paxton, Republican candidates have dominated the news. But now, two Democrats have ...

The Texas Tribune on MSN12d

Democrat Joe Jaworski to run for Texas attorney general again

The former Galveston mayor lost his party’s nomination in a 2022 runoff but says better preparation and a different political ...

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Attorney General Ken Paxton claims three houses as primary residence, mortgage papers show

Documents reviewed by the AP show the Paxtons hold mortgages on three homes — one in suburban Dallas, two in Austin — that ...

Houston Public Media20h

Fired Texas funeral commission staffers allege unethical behavior, retaliation by agency head

Two in-house attorneys with Texas' funeral oversight agency say they were fired last week after they publicly supported the ...

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