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Democrat Cecilia Castellano faces Republican Don McLaughlin, the former Uvalde mayor, in one of the more competitive Texas ...

On Thursday, the judge denied Paxton's request for an injunction to stop the firearms ban. Lawyers for Paxton's office declined to say whether they'd appeal. But attorneys for the State Fair say they ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton wants the federal government to share the citizenship status of registered voters whom the ...

Texas AG sues Harris County over its revived "guaranteed income" program, alleging it violates the state constitution.

A Dallas County District judge on Thursday denied Attorney General Ken Paxton’s attempt to block a new State Fair of Texas ...

With the State Fair of Texas beginning in Dallas in eight days, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s attempts to block the ...

Christian Menefee accused Paxton of "using people living in poverty as a means to score political points" after he challenged ...

DALLAS - A Dallas judge blocked an effort to stop a new policy banning guns at the State Fair of Texas. Judge Emily ...

Texas AG Ken Paxton has filed another lawsuit against Harris County regarding the 'Uplift Harris 2.0' program, which would ...

Texas AG Ken Paxton says the fair's gun ban violates state law, which bars most government bodies from prohibiting weapons.

Texas AG Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against the State Fair of Texas and the city of Dallas late last month over the fair's ...