Seattle Children’s Hospital has sued the Texas Office of the Attorney General to block the release of patient information after the agency sent the Washington-based health care system an investigative subpoena demanding any patient records of Texas residents who have received transition-related care. The hospital system filed a petition in the Travis County District Court on Dec. 7, requesting the court dismiss a subpoena from the attorney general’s office, or alternatively issue an extensio...
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A coalition of attorneys general from various states urged the Department of Justice (DOJ) to open a civil rights investigation into the murder of a Black Lives Matter (BLM) protester in 2020 after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) pardoned his killer two weeks ago. The group of attorneys general, all Democrats, said that Garrett Foster, the protestor, was “exercising” his First Amendment right at the time when he was shot. They also slammed the case, saying the facts of it were “egregious.” .....
One day after Abbott told state troopers to pull over vehicles with migrants suspected of having COVID-19, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said the governor's order violated federal law.
Gov. Greg Abbott named a Fort Worth attorney and former Texas Secretary of State to temporarily oversee the Office of the Attorney General while an...
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton tried to obtain data about transgender people in the state this summer, according to a report this week in the Washington Post. According to public records, the Texas Department of Public Safety received instructions from Paxton’s office in June to compile a list of the “total number of changes from male to female and female to male for the last 24 months” on state driver’s licenses. A DPS spokesperson told the Post that after identifying 16,000 such changes, “our team advised the AG’s office the da ...
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton claims his impeachment is a “politically motivated sham” and an effort to disenfranchise voters.
John Scott, a longtime ally of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott who oversaw Texas' elections in 2022, has been named the temporary attorney general of Texas.
law, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said this week, marking the state's latest move to... In recent months, the Texas legislature, Paxton and Gov. Greg Abbott have doubled down on...
US Attorney General Merrick Garland pledged to protect Texas abortion seekers and providers.... Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed the law, known as SB 8, on May 19. The Justice Department is...