Líderes de Texas ignoraron quejas en Colony Ridge por años

Click here to read this story in English. CONDADO DE LIBERTY — Cuando el vecindario de Colony Ridge fuera de Houston se convirtió en una fijación de los medios de comunicación de derecha el año pasado, los líderes republicanos de Texas pidieron que se actuara rápidamente. Grupos y medios conservadores describieron el desarrollo de 33,000 …

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Texas’ civil Medicaid fraud unit is falling apart

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Ken Paxton to investigate Media Matters after Musk’s Twitter lawsuit

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Attorney General Ken Paxton announced an investigation Monday evening into Media Matters for possible fraudulent activity in response to the media watchdog group’s report last week that prompted companies to pull advertisements from …

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Paxton whistleblowers vow to continue legal fight in court

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Four whistleblowers who were fired after reporting Attorney General Ken Paxton to the FBI vowed Monday to continue their legal fight with their former boss, promising to expose his alleged wrongdoing by forcing …

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Ken Paxton impeachment trial live updates: Sept. 11

The fifth day of the Ken Paxton impeachment trial concluded with testimony from two former members of the Travis County District Attorney’s Office who were involved in reviewing Nate Paul’s claims about a vast conspiracy or Paxton’s alleged misconduct. Former Travis County District Attorney Margaret Moore testifies during the fifth day of suspended Attorney General …

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Ken Paxton impeachment trial live updates

Jeff Mateer, the former second-in-command under suspended Attorney General Ken Paxton, testified Wednesday that Paxton’s relationship with real estate investor Nate Paul was so alarming that Mateer was concerned the attorney general was being blackmailed. Mateer said a turning point came when he learned that Paxton had resumed an extramarital affair with a woman who …

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Texas Senate rejects all motions to dismiss Ken Paxton impeachment charges

The Texas Tribune is your source for in-depth reporting on the Ken Paxton impeachment trial. Readers make that possible. Support authoritative Texas journalism with a donation now. The Texas Senate on Tuesday decisively rejected all of Attorney General Ken Paxton’s efforts to dismiss the articles of impeachment against him, moving forward with the first removal …

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Who’s who in the Ken Paxton impeachment trial

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. State Attorney General Ken Paxton has been ordered to appear before the Texas Senate to answer to 16 of 20 articles of impeachment that were overwhelmingly approved by the Texas House in May. …

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Ken Paxton’s personal assistant is star witness in impeachment probe

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Drew Wicker did not like what he was hearing. The personal assistant to Attorney General Ken Paxton stood in his boss’s kitchen in summer 2020 as Paxton expressed his desire for granite countertops …

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