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Paxton’s DACA Lawsuit is a Waste of Money and Bad for Texas Business
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton should find better uses for the time of state-employed lawyers and our taxpayer money than filing lawsuits that don’t benefit Texas.
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Paxton Sues to End Protections Against Deportation for Young Immigrants
Attorney General Ken Paxton is leading a seven-state coalition against the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
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Texas AG Ken Paxton Revs Up Fight Against Austin’s Paid Sick Leave Rule
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed papers in a district court to support a conservative think tank suing Austin over the lawfulness of its ordinance for paid sick leave.
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Texas AG Itching to Appeal Motor Voter Ruling
A federal judge hasn’t even issued his final opinion, but Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s staff is already preparing for an appeal of a decision related to the national Motor Voter law.
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Texas AG Paxton Gives Abbott Green Light on Sped-Up Special Election for Farenthold Seat
Governor Greg Abbott has not made clear when he wants to call the election to represent a district that sustained significant damages from Hurricane Harvey.
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Attorney General Ken Paxton Sides with Restaurants, Retailers on Enforcement of “Barbecue Bill”
Released Monday, Attorney General Ken Paxton’s nonbinding opinion contributes to the conflict between restaurants, lawmakers, and the Texas Department of Agriculture over the regulation of scales used to measure food.
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Paxton Files Brief with U.S. Supreme Court in Support of Travel Ban
Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a friend-of-the-court brief signed by other state attorneys general with the U.S. Supreme Court in regards to President Donald Trump’s travel ban.
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In Her Own Letter to Trump Officials, Texas Republican Fact-Checks Ken Paxton’s False Claims on Women’s Health
State Representative Sarah Davis, responding to a Texas Observer story, wrote the Trump administration and urged them to deny a request by the Texas health agency’s to take back control of federal family planning funds.
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Paxton Files Brief with Appeals Court Over Austin’s Short-Term Rental Policy
Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed an appellant brief regarding a decision from the 53rd Judicial District Court in Travis County that denied a motion for summary judgment and excluded parts of the state’s summary judgment evidence in a case against an Austin city ordinance that phases out short-term rental permits by 2022.
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Access Denied: How Lawmakers, the Texas Supreme Court and Ken Paxton Closed the Door on Open Government