The Brief keeps Texas voters and political observers up to speed on the most essential coverage of their elected officials, the policies that shape their daily lives and the future of our great state.

The Brief keeps Texas voters and political observers up to speed on the most essential coverage of their elected officials, the policies that shape their daily lives and the future of our great state.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has faced an impeachment and indictments, and he doesn’t want anyone to forget about it. As he campaigns for the U.S. Senate, Paxton is using some of the darkest ...

AUSTIN, Texas—Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton went from being a middle-class lawyer to a multimillionaire during his two decades on a public official’s salary, according to thousands of pages of ...

Angela Paxton, the fed-up wife of embattled Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, clobbered him with divorce papers in July, and now a report has emerged that the politician cheated on her with mom of ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that he sent a letter to the University of North Texas "demanding answers" after he alleges a student was kicked out of class for denouncing the ...

For more than a decade, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sold himself to voters as a conservative Christian they could count on to fight abortion access, transgender rights and other issues ...

Cornyn, Texas' senior U.S. senator, has been cast in the role of underdog ever since Attorney General Ken Paxton announced in April that he would challenge the four-term incumbent in next year's ...

The morning after news broke that Texas House Democrats planned to return to the state, effectively ending their efforts to block Republicans from redrawing the state’s congressional maps, Attorney ...

Attorney General Ken Paxton is asking a Tarrant County judge to jail former U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke. Paxton claims O'Rourke and his political group violated the judge's order blocking fundraising ...

The political standoff at the Texas Capitol intensified Friday as Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit seeking to remove 13 Democratic state representatives from office over their continued ...

The Lone Star Liberty PAC, a group supporting Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s (R) Senate run, rolled out an ad touting Paxton’s role in the state’s redistricting battle on Friday. The digital spot ...