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Legal experts say it’s “inconsistent with the Texas Constitution” to argue a quorum break qualifies as abandoning an office.
If Texas House Democrats who broke quorum do not return to the Capitol by Friday, Attorney General Ken Paxton says he will ...
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued a stern warning to Texas Governor Greg Abbott and other Texas Republicans who ...
Republican Speaker Dustin Burrows has given the absent lawmakers until Friday, Aug. 8, to return to Texas and appear before ...
Paxton is pursuing a court ruling that says lawmakers leaving the state and denying quorum amounts to abandonment of office, ...
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton recently found himself roughly 4,500 miles from home as he sought one thing that could give ...
At least 50 Democrats from the Texas House have left the state in an attempt to prevent the passage of a new congressional ...
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Tuesday announced he will ask the court to declare the seats of the absent Democrats vacant.
The Texas attorney general says the lawmakers who have broken quorum and left the state have "abandoned their offices," ...
The attorney general issued an opinion after Texas House Democrats broke quorum in 2021, claiming that the move could allow ...
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) said Tuesday he would begin the process of removing from office Democratic lawmakers ...
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced on Tuesday, Aug. 5, that he will be seeking legal action against Democrat ...