News Orgs Fight to Unseal Records in the Paxtons’ Divorce Case
The media outlets, including the Texas Observer, argue that Attorney General Ken Paxton and his wife, state Senator Angela Paxton, are elected officials subject to public scrutiny.
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It’s a Long Way to the Top (if You Wanna Oust the Pols)
The Texas GOP’s dominance of the 21st Century has been marked by entrenchment in the highest offices. Is that changing?
Trump’s Texas Tycoons
Meet the Lone Star megadonors, think tankers, and politicians poised to play big roles in Trump’s comeback tour.
In Texas’ High Criminal Court Races, the Stakes Are Life or Death
Bipartisan opposition to planned execution highlights power of state’s top criminal appeals court as Paxton-backed candidates and Dem opponents vie for open seats.
The Company You Keep
Ken and Angela Paxton have ties to a jet-setting lobbyist-turned-CEO caught in a tangled web of alleged fraud involving a powerful business clan and a commercial shipping giant.
Editor’s Letter: Introducing Our September/October Issue
A note from the interim editor-in-chief
Litigating the Republican Civil War
The crusade against Texans for Lawsuit Reform and the rise of conservative lawfare reveal a new side of Texas’ ruling party.
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Loon Star State: ‘The Above the Law Society’
Ken Paxton enters an exclusive club.
TPPF’s Long Love Affair with Ken Paxton
The attorney general’s close ties to Texas’ right-wing think tank and its large network of uber-wealthy donors and special interests
Nine Years, Nine Lives: Paxton’s Latest Legal Escape
For all the emphasis placed on his alleged fraud, the attorney general was never headed for prison—at least not on these charges.