INSIDER
U.S. Rep. Wesley Hunt of Texas may enter his state’s Republican primary for a Senate seat, adding more intrigue to what is already a marquee midterm contest.
The Texas Senate passed Senate Bill 2010, authored by Sen. Paul Bettencourt, to prevent local governments from using public funds for universal basic income programs like Harris County's "Uplift Harris."
The executive director of the Texas Lottery Commission has resigned in the latest shake-up at the state’s retail gambling enterprise amid multiple investigations into large jackpots in 2023 and earlier this year and threats from some lawmakers to shut it down.
Middleton is the second Republican to join what is expected to be a growing field of candidates angling to succeed Attorney General Ken Paxton as the state’s top legal official.
The vote instructs lawmakers who are negotiating a budget with the Senate to advocate for awarding Paxton the salary he missed while impeached over corruption allegations.
A supercharged U.S. Senate GOP primary in Texas between Sen. John Cornyn and state Attorney General Ken Paxton is off to a fast start of personal attacks and expectations of a high-spending race.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has announced his entry into the U.S. Senate race against Republican Sen. John Cornyn in what will be one of the country’s most contentious 2026 primary contests.
The attorney general positions himself as a disruptor against the Republican establishment embodied in the longtime Senate fixture.
A district court judge has ruled in favor of four whistleblowers who said that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton retaliated against them for reporting bribery allegations, awarding his employees more than $6 million combined in damages.
Paxton vowed to appeal the “bogus ruling” that found he improperly fired the four plaintiffs after they reported him to the FBI on allegations of corruption.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against the City of San Antonio after he says the city used taxpayer money to help pay for people to travel out of the state for abortions,.
After months of hinting at a run for U.S. Senate, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's path has become clearer since the dismissal of a federal investigation.
The federal criminal investigation into corruption allegations was the most serious inquiry Paxton faced. Its end nearly clears his slate of numerous legal battles.
The Justice Department quietly decided in the final weeks of the Biden administration not to prosecute Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, effectively ending the corruption investigation that cast a long shadow over the political career of a close Republican ally of President Donald Trump.
Paxton’s office launched an investigation into the district’s policy after an administrator was caught on tape discussing a possible loophole in the state’s ban.
Maria Rojas’ attorneys got their first chance to address the claims against her Thursday. She was released on bond but a judge ordered the clinics to remain closed.
Superior HealthPlan’s CEO, whom lawmakers grilled about the company’s alleged hiring of private investigators, was reportedly fired after the inquiry was announced.
A county clerk in New York has refused to file a more than $100,000 judgment from Texas against a New York doctor accused of prescribing abortion pills to a woman near Dallas.
A judge will hear arguments on a temporary restraining order by the AG's Office to shut down the medical clinics owned by Maria Rojas, who is accused of performing illegal abortions and practicing medicine without a license.
A Bryan, Texas, man is accused of stalking prominent Houston attorney Tony Buzbee and harassing his wife and law firm, according to charging documents.
Critics fear increased election prosecutions could intimidate voters and local election officials. Attorney General Ken Paxton has long sought more autonomy over election cases.
Attorney General Ken Paxton announced the closure of several Houston-area abortion clinics and the arrest of their operator, Maria Margarita Rojas, for unlawfully providing abortions and employing unlicensed individuals.
The attorney general office’s lawsuit is based on an undercover video published in February by a conservative activist group.
A second person has been arrested in connection to a Texas midwife who is accused of providing illegal abortions at three clinics around the Houston area.
Texas authorities arrested midwife Maria Margarita Rojas and medical assistant Jose Manuel Cendan Ley for performing illegal abortions and operating unlicensed clinics in Houston.
Two more employees have been arrested in the investigation into several Houston-area clinics where investigators say abortions were performed illegally.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has announced that a Houston-area midwife has been arrested and accused of providing illegal abortions, marking the first time authorities have filed criminal charges under the state’s near-total abortion ban.
Maria Margarita Rojas, 48, a 48-year-old midwife known as “Dr. Maria,” was arrested in Waller County, Texas, for allegedly performing illegal abortions and operating unlicensed medical clinics.
Per the attorney general’s nonbinding opinion, state agencies should change gender markers on government documents back to a person’s sex assigned at birth.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has issued a controversial opinion, declaring it unlawful for transgender individuals to change the sex on their driver's licenses and birth certificates.
A letter sent this week claims the grant recipients, including many Texas cities and counties, may have illegally “induced” undocumented immigrants to enter the country.
Attorney General Ken Paxton said a recent statement by Dallas’ interim police chief raised concerns that the city might be violating a state law against so-called sanctuary city policies.
Dr. Hector Granados treats children with diabetes at his El Paso clinics and makes hospital rounds under the shadow of accusations that have thrown his career into jeopardy: providing care to transgender youth.
AG Ken Paxton’s office joins two other investigations by state officials into the commission as one service suspends operations due to the agency’s ban.
Two of the biggest lottery jackpots in Texas history are under investigation over claims that the winners may have benefitted from more than good luck.
A pair of lawsuits filed by allies of West Texas megadonor Tim Dunn shut down laws that banned outside spending in the House leadership race, allowing for more political mudslinging and raising questions about ethics rules.
Three Republican judges heard oral arguments Wednesday after a lower court blocked Attorney General Ken Paxton’s efforts to depose the charity’s leader.
Attorney General Ken Paxton, who has hinted at a possible run, has more support than the four-term senator among Republicans, polling shows.
Lawmakers in some states are pushing measures to crack down on abortion pills or penalize women who obtain abortions.
The new injunction prohibits advertising and age verification restrictions in the SCOPE Act, which aims to make social media safer for teenagers.
Campaign dollars are being used for criminal defense attorneys is a practice KPRC 2 Investigates first encountered during our investigation into over one thousand pieces of African Art being stored in a Harris County maintenance shed.
Allies of President Donald Trump have been quick to threaten primary challengers for Republican senators who don’t back Trump's Cabinet picks and legislative priorities.
KPRC 2's Solvable investigates unsolved cold cases in the Houston area, highlighting the need for the Cold Case and Missing Persons Unit established by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in 2021.
The State Bar of Texas is dropping efforts to discipline Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton over allegations that his failed efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election amounted to professional misconduct.
The state bar had sought to sanction Paxton, which could have carried a punishment ranging from a private reprimand to disbarment.
The Court of Criminal Appeals will rehear a case it threw out last year. Three of the judges became targets of Attorney General Ken Paxton over another ruling and lost reelection.
On Wednesday, the United States Supreme Court will hear oral arguments surrounding the Texas bill that led one of the world’s most visited pornography websites to ban access to Texans.
Justices on Monday heard arguments from Annunciation House, which is fighting to stay open, and the Texas Attorney General’s office, which claims the shelter’s work with migrants violates state law.
As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office, many elected officials in Republican and Democratic states are preparing to either aid or oppose his policies.
Hector Granados, one of two pediatric endocrinologists in El Paso, said he stopped providing gender-affirming care after it was outlawed in Texas in 2023.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing TikTok, accusing the social media platforms of regularly showing inappropriate and explicit material to children.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton secured a court order preventing the Biden administration from selling or disposing of border wall materials, following allegations of auctions violating a court mandate.
Paxton’s latest tour is the continuation of his efforts in the past year to get political revenge on House Republicans who supported his impeachment.
Republicans are stepping up their scrutiny of dozens of shelters run by aid groups on the U.S. border with Mexico.
The state bar sought to take away the law license of Assistant Attorney General Brent Webster over a Texas lawsuit challenging 2020 presidential election results.
The battles over abortion in the U.S. are increasingly focusing on the pills that are now the most common way pregnancies are ended.
The attorney general is accusing the organization of misleading fans by allowing transgender college athletes in women’s sports.
Attorney General Ken Paxton sought to delay legal proceedings until Jan. 13 — the day before the committee disbands — even as lawmakers vowed to continue fighting to hear from Roberson.
The motion escalates a tense standoff between Paxton and a bipartisan Texas House committee, which had subpoenaed Roberson to testify at the Capitol on Friday.
The new subpoena comes after lawmakers say Ken Paxton’s office stalled a previous effort to get Roberson’s legislative testimony about his conviction in “shaken baby” case.
President-elect Donald Trump told reporters that he would consider pardoning embattled New York Mayor Eric Adams, said the country was “not going to lose” the polio vaccine and weighed in on the flurry of drone sightings over New Jersey during a freewheeling press conference Monday at his Mar-a-Lago club.
Texas has sued a New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills to a Texas woman via telemedicine.
Paxton’s office has accused 3M and DuPont of misrepresenting or concealing the health risks of PFAS, which have been sold for decades for use in consumer products.
The temporary injunction issued Monday would affect roughly 90,000 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients in Texas.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton had sued the Biden administration after Border Patrol agents had cut the razor wire.
The attorney general has agreed not to contest a lawsuit brought by former employees accusing him of retaliation after they said he abused his office.
Dallas is the sixth Texas city the attorney general has sued this year over marijuana decriminalization measures that he says conflicts with state law.
Roberson was convicted of killing his 2-year-old daughter in a “shaken baby” case that many say led to an innocent man’s death sentence.
As a legal chess match continues over a death row inmate’s life, the Texas Supreme Court has weighed in, saying a legislative committee that delayed Robert Roberson’s execution date did not have the power to stop a scheduled sentence.
Election victories for Donald Trump and other candidates whose campaigns demeaned transgender people reinforced a widespread backlash against trans rights.
The state’s highest civil court ruled that legislators can’t use subpoenas to block death row inmates’ executions, but suggested there’s still time for Roberson to testify before a Texas House panel.
Robert Roberson was set to be the first person in the U.S. to be executed on a “shaken baby syndrome” diagnosis after getting convicted for killing his 2-year-old daughter. He maintained his innocence and in October 2024, his sentence was put on a temporary pause.
Robert Roberson may have had his execution date postponed, but time is running out for whether he will get to testify.
Texans celebrated Donald Trump's victory as the 47th U.S. President with prominent political figures such as Governor Greg Abbott, U.S. Senator John Cornyn, Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick, and Attorney General Ken Paxton expressing their support.
“Texans run Texas elections, and we will not be bullied by the Department of Justice,” AG Ken Paxton said.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit Monday against the Biden-Harris administration and the Department of Justice over the plan to use federal agents as election monitors on Election Day.
Some state officials are pushing back on what they’re calling “the Department of Justice’s attempt to interfere with Texas Elections," while others argue it will ensure "fair and accurate" results.
Even before the Texas man’s death sentence became a political lightning rod, law enforcement and medical experts had differing opinions on the evidence that convicted him.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is calling for the resignation of State Representative Jeff Leach after his admission to sending text messages to a Texas Court of Criminal Appeals judge last week saying that death row inmate Robert Roberson deserved a new trial.
The AG also said he’d make a criminal referral against the lawmaker, who apologized for texting a Court of Criminal Appeals judge about a new trial for the death row inmate.
Members of a Texas House committee say in a Texas Supreme Court filing that Paxton’s office is blocking the death row inmate from complying with a legislative subpoena.
The lawsuit claims the endangered designation for six mussel species is a misuse of environmental law that threatens Texas’ economy.
After the attorney general insisted on the death row inmate’s guilt in a graphic press release, four lawmakers issued a point-by-point rebuttal.
The rebuttal focuses on what the defense team calls 12 misrepresentations by Paxton in Roberson’s case.
