The ethics commission of the State Bar of Texas had sued Paxton for making dishonest claims of election fraud in a 2020 challenge to Biden's victory.
The founder of a $20 million Republican PAC says he wants a GOP-backed Texas House speaker. But the decision must be left to the individual members.
Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Attorney General Ken Paxton had no comment on the pardon, which included dozens charged with hurting police.
The Texas GOP has been divided since the state House impeached Attorney General Ken Paxton, who was acquitted in the Senate.
AUSTIN, Texas — A push by Texas’ hard right to widen control in the state Capitol fell short Tuesday after House lawmakers rejected its choice for the powerful speakership amid a Republican feud accelerated by the historic impeachment of Attorney General Ken Paxton .
If the Supreme Court sides with South Carolina, it would mean patients and providers can’t file lawsuits to enforce the Medicaid Act and we could expect many other conservative-led states to move to exclude Planned Parenthood from their Medicaid programs,
Tonight's featured guest will be House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer. Also appearing will be Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, Texas state Senator Angela Paxton, Kansas GOP Sen. Roger Marshall,
Attorney General Ken Paxton took to social media Tuesday afternoon ... During a recent Tyler stop, Paxton and state GOP Chairman Abraham George condemned Republicans backing Burrows, saying they’re betraying Republican values and cutting deals with ...
For years, Ken Paxton, Texas’s right-wing attorney general ... Macedo do Nascimento pointed to Paxton’s track record, along with a coalition GOP attorneys general, of repeatedly suing the ...
Rep. Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, was elected speaker of the Texas House on Tuesday, concluding a bitter and intense power struggle within the Republican Party that came down to an extraordinary floor vote to decide who would fill one of the most powerful positions in state government.
Texas Has a Powerful New House Speaker in a Blow to the GOP's Hard Right AUSTIN ... by the historic impeachment of Attorney General Ken Paxton. Instead, new House Speaker Dustin Burrows won ...
Instead, new House Speaker Dustin Burrows won the job with the support of Democrats, who favored him over a challenger backed by the GOP's emboldened ... of his party after Paxton's impeachment.