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Attorney General Ken Paxton requests death row inmate Robert Roberson be executed Oct. 16Attorney General Ken Paxton has requested death row inmate Robert Roberson, whose execution date was delayed last year after his case became a political lightning rod, be executed on Oct. 16. A hearing is set for 10 a.
Democratic state Sen. Nathan Johnson, launched his bid for Texas Attorney General on Monday. He now faces an uphill battle fighting for a position that the GOP has staunchly held for the last three decades.
The investigation, which also targets Cameron, Eastland and Guadalupe counties, comes ahead of a special legislative session in which state lawmakers will consider giving the attorney general's office the authority to prosecute election crimes.
Texas AG Paxton announces the indictment and arrest of nine individuals, including public officers, in vote harvesting case.
Tray Coppola, organizer of a statewide flood relief GoFundMe campaign pushed back against accusations made by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. In his response, Coppola called the state’s investigation into his fundraiser “politically motivated” and “racially charged.
The wife of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) filed for divorce Thursday, a move likely to reverberate in his campaign to unseat Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), one of the most closely watched Senate primaries in the country.
Paxton issued a warning letter on Monday to Tray Coppola, the organizer of an unverified GoFundMe campaign, due to concerns that it may be a scam targeting those affected by recent floods in Texas.
The attorney general is dropping an appeal he said he wouldn’t make in a long-running case that will cost taxpayers millions more than it should.
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