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Texas AG Ken Paxton Impeached by GOP-Controlled State House

May 27, 2023
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The Republican-controlled Texas House has voted to impeach Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and sent 20 articles of impeachment to the state Senate. It makes Paxton only the third sitting official in Texas’s nearly 200-year history to have been impeached. “BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the State of Texas, That Warren Kenneth…

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Texas Lawmakers Issue 20 Articles of Impeachment Against AG Ken Paxton

May 26, 2023
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is facing possible impeachment after a Texas House committee voted unanimously to recommend the move following several hours of testimony regarding his alleged wrongdoings. Late on May 25, the House General Investigating Committee filed 20 articles of impeachment against the state’s top prosecutor (pdf). The accusations against Paxton, 60, include misuse…

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Texas Passes Bill Banning ‘Sexually Explicit’ Materials From Public School Libraries

April 23, 2023
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The Texas House has passed a bill that will ban sexually explicit books from public school and classroom libraries. The bill had bipartisan support, with 11 Democrats joining Republicans. The bill followed a six-hour committee hearing. Concerned parents and citizens showed strong support for the bill, which passed on April 20, by a vote of…

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