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Groups Resettling Refugees In Texas Hope They Can Keep Working Without More Litigation
Posted on · A recent ruling by a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by Texas seeking to block the resettlement of refugees from Syria in the state.
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Texas Loses Fight To Keep Syrian Refugees Out
Posted on · Texas on Thursday lost its fight against the resettlement of Syrian refugees in the state, ending a months-long battle during which refugees from the war-torn country continued to arrive.
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Texas Among 21 States Suing Delaware Over Abandoned Money Orders
Posted on · Twenty-one states are suing Delaware to give back more than $150 million in uncashed money orders.
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SEC Charges Ken Paxton With Securities Fraud
Posted on · Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has been charged in federal court with allegedly misleading investors in a technology company. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed the charges Monday in a Sherman-based court.
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Ken Paxton Partners With Texas Trucking Industry In The Fight Against Human Trafficking
Posted on · The Attorney General’s office will train professionals of that sector on how to identify and report potential cases.
Transportation
Houston-To-Dallas Bullet Train Opponents Sue TxDOT And Paxton
Posted on · A group opposed to a private firm's plans to build a bullet train stretching from Dallas to Houston has filed a lawsuit against the Texas Department of Transportation and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in an effort to obtain communications between the firm and state officials.
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Judge Again Rejects Texas Bid to Block Syrian Refugees
Posted on · A federal judge has once again denied Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's efforts to keep the federal government from resettling Syrian refugees in the state.
Full Show
Indicted in Office in Texas: Tuesday’s Show (February 2, 2016)
Posted on · If politics is indeed the art of the possible, does that possibility lessen when youâre under indictment? With Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton facing this reality, we explore the history of elected officials in Texas in charge while being charged on this edition of Houston Matters. We welcome your questions for Brandon Rottinghaus, an associate […]
Local
Houston Police: City Is Safer Than Last Year
Posted on · Houston Police Chief Charles McClelland noted decreases in several violent and nonviolent crimes across the city.
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Texas Attorney General Launches New Anti-Human Trafficking Unit
Posted on · State officials say almost 20 percent of all human trafficking victims travel through Texas.
Houston Matters
Would Banning Guns in Dorms Violate the New Campus Carry Law?
Posted on · Texas’ many publicly funded colleges and universities are in the midst of forming their policies for how the state’s new campus carry law will be implemented at their respective campuses (private schools have the ability to opt out of the law). While universities are not allowed to come up with a plan that would "generally […]
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Iraqi Father Shares Experience As Refugee In Houston
Posted on · Houston's open-door policy for refugees is being threatened by state officials, who are pushing to block Syrian refugees from entering Texas.
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Texas Goes To Court Over The Resettling Of Syrian Refugees In The State
Posted on · Attorney General Ken Paxton argues the federal government and the non-profit groups that coordinate the arrival of the refugees have to provide more information about them.
Politics
Saying No To Climate Change: Texas AG Vows To Fight Pollution Rules
Posted on · At a conservative forum in Austin, Republican politicians pledged to fight federal regulations that would reduce pollution.
Good, Bad and Ugly
Planned Parenthood, United Woes and VW Lawsuits: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of Houston News
Posted on · From Texas officials intending to remove Planned Parenthood from the Medicaid program, to more woes for United Continental, to Harris County declining Attorney General Ken Paxton’s request for the county to drop its lawsuit against Volkswagen: we discuss The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of this week’s news. Our panel of non-experts this week […]