Gov. Abbott, AG Paxton take appeal of Dallas County's mask mandate to Texas Supreme Court
For now, the mask mandate stays, with cases and hospitalizations surging.
AP: State bar investigating Texas attorney general Ken Paxton over 2020 election challenge
The complainant argues Ken Paxton's efforts to dismiss other states' 2020 election results was a wasteful embarrassment for which the attorney general should lose his law license.
Appeals court rules Texas AG Paxton's trial should be in Collin County
A Houston appeals court ruled the trial for indicted Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton should take place in North Texas.
Texas laws protecting whistleblowers don't apply to Attorney General Ken Paxton, his agency argues
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton says state laws protecting whistleblowers do not apply to the people who worked for him.
Texas AG Ken Paxton declines to sign letter condemning capitol violence
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is the only state attorney general in the country not to sign a letter condemning last week’s violence at the U.S. Capitol.
With election lawsuit, Ken Paxton — like Donald Trump — makes a Hail Mary play
In contesting the results of the election in Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin, Ken Paxton has catapulted himself into the country’s biggest political news story — a settled election that the president continues to contest.
AP Sources: FBI is investigating Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton
The FBI is investigating allegations that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton broke the law in using his office to benefit a wealthy donor, according to two people with knowledge of the probe.
Texas AG Ken Paxton whistleblowers sue for wrongful firing, retaliation
Former deputies to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton are suing him for wrongful firing and retaliating against them for reporting him for alleged bribery and abuse of office.
AP sources: Texas AG Ken Paxton's affair tied to criminal allegations
The two people, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity due to fears about retaliation, said Ken Paxton acknowledged the affair in 2018 to senior members of his office and political staff.
Top aide in Texas attorney general's office terminated after accusing Ken Paxton of bribery
Lacey Mase, one of the top aides who accused Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton of crimes including bribery and abuse of office, has been fired, she told The Texas Tribune on Tuesday evening.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton says he won't resign after accusations of criminal activity by top aides
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who came under fire this weekend with allegations of bribery and abuse of office by seven of his most senior aides, will not resign his post as the state’s top lawyer, he said Monday.