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Tag Archives: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton
Paxton sues eight Planning commissioners
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Tuesday received approval from a Travis County district judge to move forward with a lawsuit seeking to remove eight of 13 members of Austin’s Planning Commission. Paxton did so at the urging of opponents…
Courts • By Jo Clifton • Jul 4, 2018
Texas sues Austin, Travis County over 'sanctuary city' law
Texas is preemptively suing the city of Austin, Travis County and the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund to enforce the state’s newly minted “sanctuary city” law, Senate Bill 4. The suit, filed on Monday, asks a federal court…
Texas State Legislature • By Andrew Weber, KUT • May 9, 2017
Travis County sues Paxton
Travis County has officially launched a lawsuit against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in a dispute over how much information the county should share about a program that seeks to give ex-convicts access to jobs. County Attorney David Escamilla filed…
