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A panel of statewide appeals court justices will soon decide whether Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton can — at least temporarily — enforce case reporting rules on attorneys for the state's larger, mostly Democratic counties, including Harris.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2025/09/29/532096/texas-judges-weigh-paxtons-authority-to-enforce-criminal-case-reporting-rules-on-democratic-das/

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A district judge has temporarily blocked new reporting requirements issued by the Texas Attorney General's Office that prosecutors argued were unconstitutional and burdensome.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2025/06/20/524488/judge-blocks-texas-ags-reporting-rules-for-big-city-prosecutors/

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A district judge has temporarily blocked new reporting requirements issued by the Texas Attorney General's Office that prosecutors argued were unconstitutional and burdensome.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2025/06/20/524488/judge-blocks-texas-ags-reporting-rules-for-big-city-prosecutors/

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The Texas Supreme Court denied Attorney General Ken Paxton’s request to overturn the State Fair’s gun ban — the night before the fair opens.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2024/09/27/501232/state-fair-to-open-with-gun-ban-as-texas-supreme-court-denies-ken-paxtons-final-appeal/

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has withdrawn a 2016 legal opinion that said local governments are not liable when private businesses ban guns on government-owned property — an opinion that contradicted his stance on the State Fair's ban on firearms.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2024/09/16/500007/ken-paxton-withdraws-legal-opinion-contradicting-his-current-stance-on-state-fair-of-texas-gun-ban/

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Can the State Fair of Texas ban guns on government property? The answer is complicated

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/gun-control/2024/08/19/497186/can-the-state-fair-of-texas-ban-guns-on-government-property-the-answer-is-complicated/

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