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Legal experts say it’s “inconsistent with the Texas Constitution” to argue a quorum break qualifies as abandoning an office.
If Texas House Democrats who broke quorum do not return to the Capitol by Friday, Attorney General Ken Paxton says he will ...
At least 50 Democrats from the Texas House have left the state in an attempt to prevent the passage of a new congressional ...
Republican Speaker Dustin Burrows has given the absent lawmakers until Friday, Aug. 8, to return to Texas and appear before ...
The attorney general issued an opinion after Texas House Democrats broke quorum in 2021, stating that the move could allow Gov. Greg Abbott to replace lawmakers with appointees of his choosing.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Tuesday afternoon that he will be seeking legal action against Democrat ...
Democrats have fled Texas to blue strongholds like Illinois, New York and Massachusetts in order to prevent the legislature from voting on a recently-drawn congressional map — pushed by President ...
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) said Tuesday he would begin the process of removing from office Democratic lawmakers ...
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and his wife, Angela, are longtime owners of a $1.5 million house in a gated community ...
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton recently found himself roughly 4,500 miles from home as he sought one thing that could give ...