Paxton Will Plead "Not Guilty"
According to released indictments, in July of 2011, Paxton purposely did not disclose required information to two buyers of Servergy, Inc stock.
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According to released indictments, in July of 2011, Paxton purposely did not disclose required information to two buyers of Servergy, Inc stock.
The state's top prosecutor surrendered himself over to authorities on Monday. Attorney General Ken Paxton has been indicted on felony charges, according to a special prosecutor.
New Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton prepared Sunday to become the latest powerful state official booked on felony charges, but unlike when Rick Perry smiled for his mug shot last year, Republicans are not rushing to Paxton's defense.
The Republican is accused of misleading investors before taking office.
Attorney General Ken Paxton is testifying about his investigation of videos in which Planned Parenthood officials discuss how to harvest tissue from aborted fetuses.
Line-items vetoes made by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott are being questioned by state budget officials, who said Tuesday that the new Republican governor appeared to cut spending in ways that are beyond his constitutional power.
A letter has been posted on-line, addressed to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. It's a grievance letter, and it talks about Paxton's response to the recent Supreme Court ruling on same sex marriage.
A county clerk in West Texas is refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples and asks state leaders in a self-described "declaration" to "protect natural marriage from lawless court opinions."
Farmers Insurance Group will pay $84.4 million to settle a 2002 lawsuit that said Texas policyholders unknowingly paid higher premiums for less coverage.
A special prosecutor says Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton faces first degree felony charges for securities fraud.
Ken Paxton has been the subject of an ongoing securities investigation and special prosecutors are ready to move forward.
"God did not elect her, I did," said Kevin Bass. "If she objects to doing her job, she can go."
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is urging county clerks to not immediately start issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples if the U.S. Supreme Court rules that gay marriage is legal.
Attorney General Ken Paxton has toured some flood recovery centers and warned against price gouging and cleanup scams.
Prosecutors say a criminal complaint against Attorney General Ken Paxton over an admitted securities violation will be examined by the Texas Rangers.
The U.S. Justice Department is appealing a federal judge in Texas' temporarily blocking federal rules that would have expanded medical leave benefits to some gay couples.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing the federal labor department over a plan that would extend family and medical leave benefits to married same-sex couples.
Paxton asked the Supreme Court of Texas to declare the marriage license issued to the couple invalid.
As a newlywed lesbian couple in Texas celebrate defying a statewide ban on gay marriage, the state's attorney general is preparing to tell a court why their nuptials are invalid.
The Texas Supreme Court has issued an emergency order blocking gay couples from obtaining marriage licenses after a lesbian couple wed in Austin.
Two Austin women were married this morning after a Travis County judge ordered the county clerk to issue a marriage license.
Gov. Rick Perry and U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz are among several powerful Texas Republicans scheduled to attend the swearing-in of new state Attorney General Ken Paxton.
Republican Ken Paxton has been elected Texas attorney general.
Losing ground elsewhere across the country, the tea party emerged from Tuesday's Texas primary runoffs mightier than ever in the nation's biggest conservative stronghold.
A scramble to fill statewide offices in one of the biggest turnovers in Texas government history began with Tuesday's primary, but several of the key contests will require runoffs.
