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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks during a news conference in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 15, 2025.

Paxton says trans Texans can’t use court orders to change sex on driver’s licenses, birth certificates

Read full article: Paxton says trans Texans can’t use court orders to change sex on driver’s licenses, birth certificates

Per the attorney general’s nonbinding opinion, state agencies should change gender markers on government documents back to a person’s sex assigned at birth.

Jurors hear shocking testimony about fatal decisions leading to mass migrant deaths

Testimony: Smugglers knew that cooling system was failing before deadly Quintana Road tragedy

Read full article: Testimony: Smugglers knew that cooling system was failing before deadly Quintana Road tragedy

The human smuggling organization responsible for the 2022 incident, which resulted in the deaths of 53 undocumented immigrants, was aware for three days that the cooling system in the semi-truck used for their transport was not working correctly, a co-conspirator testified Thursday.

Armando Gonzales-Ortega and Felipe Orduna-Torres face up to life in prison if found guilty

‘Bodies everywhere’: Court hears and sees horrific details as trial starts in 53-migrant death case

Read full article: ‘Bodies everywhere’: Court hears and sees horrific details as trial starts in 53-migrant death case

Testimony began Tuesday for two men accused of being key figures in a human smuggling operation linked to what federal officials have called the deadliest case of human trafficking incident in U.S. history.

Former Precinct 2 constable had been convicted in 2022 of felony tampering with records

Sources: Barrientes Vela acquittal final as appeals court declines to review decision

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Former Bexar constable Michelle Barrientes Vela has been formally acquitted of criminal charges, after the state’s highest criminal appeals court declined to review a lower court’s decision to overturn her convictions last year, sources told KSAT Wednesday.

The request would end a lawsuit by the State Bar of Texas against Ken Paxton, the Attorney General of Texas, over false statements related to the 2020 election.

Texas Supreme Court dismisses state bar’s lawsuit against Ken Paxton for challenging 2020 presidential election

Read full article: Texas Supreme Court dismisses state bar’s lawsuit against Ken Paxton for challenging 2020 presidential election

The state bar had sought to sanction Paxton, which could have carried a punishment ranging from a private reprimand to disbarment.

Migrants are greeted by Sister Norma Pimentel in front of the Catholic Charities RGV Humanitarian Respite Center in McAllen on April 22, 2021.

Texas appeals court hears attorney general’s arguments for questioning Catholic Charities director over migrant services

Read full article: Texas appeals court hears attorney general’s arguments for questioning Catholic Charities director over migrant services

Three Republican judges heard oral arguments Wednesday after a lower court blocked Attorney General Ken Paxton’s efforts to depose the charity’s leader.

In the videos, Contreras was heard crying after learning of his estranged wife’s identification

‘I don’t know’: Bexar County jury watches SAPD interview videos in retrial for man accused of murdering his wife

Read full article: ‘I don’t know’: Bexar County jury watches SAPD interview videos in retrial for man accused of murdering his wife

When police asked Guadalupe Contreras in the days before his estranged wife was found dead, he repeatedly told officers, "I don't know." However, investigators said, the evidence told a different story.