Weekend Newsbrief: 3-2-25
The Texas Voice will feature the Weekend Newsbrief through the end of the legislative session to provide updates on issues we have previously written about and highlight interesting items that we haven’t devoted full-length articles to. Harris County Taxpayers Foot Lina Hidalgo’s Legal Bills, Pay for More Murals Harris County Commissioners Court met Thursday and […]
Paxton Testimony Raises Questions About High-Dollar Legal Contracts
In recent testimony before the Texas Senate Finance Committee, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton testified that his office needed to hire outside lawyers to sue tech giants such as Meta and other large businesses under contingent-fee contracts because his office did not have the necessary appropriations to undertake the litigation. However, this was not the […]
Jackpot Justice: Politically Connected Lawyers Hired by AG Bill Taypayers for $136 Million in Fees
Outside law firms hired by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to work on the State of Texas’ recent litigation against tech giant Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, have submitted fee bills totaling $135,996,469 for their work on the case. Chicago-based Keller Postman has billed the State $93,361,556 in fees, while Dallas-based McKool Smith has submitted […]
State Fair Gun Ban Remains in Place as Justices Call Out AG’s Office
The State Fair of Texas’ new policy prohibiting attendees from carrying firearms at the Fair will remain in place after the Texas Supreme Court denied an attempt by the Texas Attorney General’s office to halt the ban- and took the Attorney General’s office to task in the process. The litigation involving the State Fair’s gun […]
Primary Analysis: Paxton Endorsees Fall Short in Collin County
In last week’s Republican primary election, many observers looked to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s home base of Collin County to gauge Paxton’s political support. There, Paxton was heavily supporting challengers running against four incumbent members of the Texas House that had voted in favor of Paxton’s impeachment. Paxton is a longtime fixture in Collin […]
Soros Continues Texas Spending Spree While GOP Fundraising Lags
George Soros, the liberal New York billionaire and prolific pollical donor who has long sought to transform the criminal justice system, made significant investments into progressive political organizations in Texas last year. According to campaign finance reports filed with the Texas Ethics Commission, Soros donated over $2.5 million to a handful of Democratic party organizations […]