Attorney General Ken Paxton vowed Monday to block a ruling that he says prohibits his office from enforcing vote-harvesting restrictions and investigating potential violations. A federal judge ruled Friday that a section of the 2021 law aimed at preventing election fraud in Texas violated the First Amendment by placing “an invalid restriction on speech” and the 14th Amendment’s

Read more Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing Travis County, accusing the county of “violating the Texas Open Meetings Act” (TOMA) when it approved taxpayer money for “security services” for Travis County District Attorney Jose Garza’s office.

The suit comes after the American-Statesman reported the county's action in August, which officials had shielded from public knowledge for months.

Paxton’s lawsuit argues the Commissioners Court violated the Texas Open Meetings Act by failing to give the public adequate notice and being overly vague in the agenda language about what public funds were being used for.