John Cornyn, Paxton and Texas Senate
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Burrows and Paxton filed their lawsuit in Illinois westernmost county, which recorded a 47 percent vote for Donald Trump during the 2024 presidential election. This was some distance from DuPage County, the Chicago suburb and Democratic stronghold where The Texas Tribune reports the Democratic lawmakers are staying.
AG Paxton filed an amended petition and is pursuing action in the Tarrant County District Court to end O'Rourke's group Powered by People's ability to do business in Texas due to legal violations.
The judge says he doesn't have the power to decide whether the Democrats were violating civil warrants issued by the Texas House.
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The Texas Tribune on MSNKen Paxton asks Texas Supreme Court to expel 13 House Democrats over redistricting standoff
Gov. Greg Abbott previously asked the court to expel Rep. Gene Wu, the House Democratic leader. Paxton disputed the governor’s authority to make the request.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) is looking to revoke the charter of former Rep. Beto O’Rourke’s (D-Texas) political organization, Powered by People, over its fundraising for Texas House
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Trump ally Ken Paxton escalates Texas redistricting fight with call for Beto O’Rourke to be jailed
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is escalating the partisan redistricting fight by asking a judge to hold progressive activist Beto O'Rourke in contempt.
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The Texas Tribune on MSNKen Paxton asks judge to jail Beto O’Rourke for fundraising Texas Dems' walkout
Paxton sued O’Rourke and his political group, Powered by People, last week, arguing that the group was deceptively fundraising for and illegally supporting Texas Democrats’ walkout.
Texas AG Ken Paxton sues Eli Lilly for alleged bribery to promote diabetes drugs, claiming violation of state fraud laws and exploitation of Medicaid.
Illinois law enforcement officers cannot arrest Texas House Democrats who have been staying in the northern state in protest of a congressional
Nine people have pleaded not guilty to felony charges brought forth in a rural Texas county by Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton as part of a widening elections investigation.