For the first time in more than a decade, there will be a vacancy at the Texas Attorney General's Office. Now that Ken Paxton ...

Texas hasn’t had a wide-open GOP primary for attorney general since 2014, when current Attorney General Ken Paxton first won ...

Last week, enforcement of a law that decriminalized possession of less than four ounces of marijuana was put on hold ...

William Peterson is appointed as Texas Solicitor General, succeeding Aaron Nielson, who returns to academia. Peterson, an ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton discusses impeachment during a press conference at his agency on May 26, 2023, in Austin, Texas. Paxton will not receive a taxpayer-funded salary while he ...

NORTH TEXAS (CBSNewsTexas.com) — After a consequential impeachment, suspended Attorney General Ken Paxton will face a trial in the Senate that begins Sept. 5. This impeachment is historic ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's decision to challenge U.S. Sen. John Cornyn in the 2026 GOP primary is creating an opening for a statewide office that comes with a high profile and a national ...

Yet, Texas hasn’t seen many open primary battles of attorney general over the last 25 years. Paxton had to go to a runoff election with former Texas Rep. Dan Branch in 2014 to win his first term ...

State Sen. Mayes Middleton, a Galveston Republican who is among the Legislature’s most conservative lawmakers, announced Tuesday he will run for attorney general next year, joining a growing ...

Alan Wilson, the four-term Republican attorney general of South Carolina, kicked off his bid for the state’s first open ...

The State Fair of Texas is laying down a new rule before millions of visitors flock through the gates: No guns allowed. The state's attorney general threatened to sue unless the fair reversed course.

Texas Attorney General joins lottery investigation effort by: Kate Winkle. Posted: Feb 26, 2025 / 09:42 AM CST. Updated: Feb 26, 2025 / 10:26 AM CST.