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Texas has a powerful new House speaker in a blow to the GOP's hard right

A push by Texas' hard right to widen control in the state Capitol fell short Tuesday after House lawmakers rejected its choice for the powerful speakership amid a Republican feud accelerated by the historic impeachment of Attorney General Ken Paxton.

The Hill on MSN · 4h

Texas House elects new speaker in blow to far-right wing

The Texas House on Tuesday elected state Rep. Dustin Burrows (R) to lead the chamber in a blow to the rising far-right wing of the party, defeating a candidate backed by Texas Attorney General Ken

The Texas Tribune · 15h

Texas House to pick new speaker, concluding brutal proxy war

The new speaker will have a dramatic impact on the direction of this year’s lawmaking — and potentially the future of the Legislature.

Texas, Allstate

Austin American-Statesman · 1d

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sues Allstate for collection, sale of driver data

Paxton accuses Allstate of collecting driver location and movement data without consent to raise insurance rates in the state.

Gizmodo · 6h

Texas Sues Allstate for Collecting Driver Data to Raise Premiums

The lawsuit accuses the insurance company of paying app developers to install code in their products that sent sensitive customer data back to Allstate.

Reuters · 1d

Texas sues Allstate for collecting driver data without consent

Allstate has been sued by the state of Texas, which accused the insurer on Monday of illegally tracking drivers through their cell phones without their consent and using the data to justify charging more for car insurance.

Texas court weighs fate of migrant shelter

kfoxtv · 4h

Texas Supreme Court hears case on future of El Paso's largest migrant shelter network

The Texas Supreme Court heard oral arguments regarding the future of Annunciation House, El Paso's largest migrant shelter network.

The Texas Tribune on MSN · 1d

Texas Supreme Court to decide legal battle over El Paso migrant shelter’s future

Justices on Monday heard arguments from Annunciation House, which is fighting to stay open, and the Texas Attorney General’s office, which claims the shelter’s work with migrants violates state law.

Chron on MSN · 9h

Texas court weighs fate of migrant shelter after Paxton fights to shut it down

The legal saga between Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Annunciation House, a migrant-help organization, continues as the Texas Supreme Court weighs whether the shelter can continue to operate. Paxton's office is seeking to shut down the organization,

KERA News50m

Paxton's office asks Texas Supreme Court to toss ethics lawsuit after assistant dodged similar suit

Both lawsuits stem from the attorney general's attempt to call into question the results of the 2020 presidential election.

Texas Attorney General sues TikTok over safety standards for minors

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said those in charge of the app lied about safety standards for minors. A photo shared by ...

Rumble Among 15 Targets of Texas Attorney General’s Child Privacy Probe

Texas has become a leading enforcer of internet rules. Its latest probe includes some platforms that privacy experts describe ...

New York Sun1d

Supreme Court to Weigh Laws in Texas, 18 Other States Requiring Age Verification To Access Adult Content Online

One analyst says the Texas law being debated would ‘probably not be constitutional under existing precedent,’ but ...

FOX 26 Houston on MSN5d

Texas AG files another lawsuit against TikTok for deceptive promotion

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a second lawsuit against TikTok, accusing the company of falsely promoting their ...

Wall Street Banks Cleared by Texas AG After Leaving NZBA

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton dropped his threat to cut off big US banks from municipal-bond deals after a slew of Wall ...

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Battle for Texas House Speaker ramps up ahead of start of new legislative session

AUSTIN, Texas — he Texas State Legislature kicks off its new session on Tuesday but who will lead the House remains uncertain ...

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