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Paxton turns to Supreme Court to stop Harris County’s ‘guaranteed income’ program
HOUSTON - The Texas Supreme Court has granted an administrative stay today, temporarily blocking Harris County’s “guaranteed income” program after Attorney General Ken Paxton filed for emergency relief.
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Paxton fails to obtain TRO in suit against Harris County over ‘guaranteed income’ program
HOUSTON – A district court has denied the state’s request to temporarily block Harris County from disbursing funds to families participating in Uplift Harris, a guaranteed basic income pilot program.
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SCOTUS sides with Texas rancher in property rights case
WINNIE - Yesterday, the Institute for Justice scored a unanimous win in the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of Texas rancher Richie DeVillier, who is fighting for compensation after the state built a barrier along a nearby highway, allegedly causing his ranch to flood.
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Biden announces $26M in grants to Texas to make transportation infrastructure more climate change resilient
Funded by President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, new program supports projects to protect bridges, roads, ports, rail, and transit from extreme weather and the impacts of climate change, advances Administration’s National Climate Resilience Framework
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Sen. Schumer introduces bill aimed at stopping ‘judge shopping’
DALLAS - Sen. Charles Schumer made good on the warning he gave a year ago, introducing a bill yesterday aimed at stopping “judge shopping.”
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Harris County takes legal action in opposition of Texas over air quality standards
HOUSTON – Harris County has intervened in a lawsuit by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton challenging the new air quality standards set by the Biden-Harris Administration, a press release states.
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Liberty Justice Center receives copies of indictments for Denton ISD officials charged with election interference
AUSTIN - The Liberty Justice Center has received copies of the indictments charging two Texas school administrators with illegal election interference.
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AG Paxton urges expedited process in concertina wire lawsuit
AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a letter with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit detailing new and important facts in the ongoing concertina wire case, urging the court to resolve the case on an expedited basis in order to protect Texas’s border security measures, a press release states.
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Texas AG sues Harris County over ‘guaranteed income’ program
AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued Harris County for instituting a “guaranteed income” program that redistributes public money in a manner that allegedly violates the Texas Constitution.
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Texas federal judge purportedly not on board with random case assignments in Northern District
DALLAS - The Northern District of Texas will reportedly not be adopting a policy seeking to eliminate the alleged “judge shopping” within the federal district.
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Liberty Justice Center sends letter demanding Harris County DA investigate alleged electioneering scheme
HOUSTON – After the Liberty Justice Center sent a letter demanding that the Denton County district attorney investigate illegal election interference by school officials, registered voters in Harris County contacted LJC with a similar story of corruption in their own school district, a press release states.
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Sen. Creighton announces oversight on SB 17 implementation
AUSTIN – State Sen. Brandon Creighton has announced that he has sent a formal letter to university chancellors and regents, outlining the expectations and oversight processes for the implementation of Senate Bill 17.
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Liberty Justice Center sues SEC challenging climate ‘disclosure rule’
AUSTIN - The Liberty Justice Center and the Pelican Institute for Public Policy have jointly filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to challenge recent regulations that require public companies to make extensive disclosures related to climate change.
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Special prosecutors agree to dismiss Paxton indictments in exchange for pretrial intervention agreement
AUSTIN - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton today agreed to an 18-month pretrial intervention agreement proposed by the Special Prosecutors in exchange for dismissal of all charges against him in connection with the case The State of Texas v Warren Kenneth Paxton, Jr., a press release states.
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Cornyn, GOP colleagues to Judicial Conference: leave legislating to Congress
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) on March 21 sent a letter with Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and 17 of their Senate Republican colleagues to Judge Robert Conrad, Director of the Administrative Office of U.S. Courts, reiterating that the Judicial Conference should not interfere in the legislative process, a press release states.
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Abbott highlights school choice at Texas Policy Summit
AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott today stressed the growing support for school choice for all Texas families during the opening keynote address at the Texas Public Policy Foundation's annual Texas Policy Summit.
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Cornyn, Coons and colleagues introduce bill to protect state and local judges
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Chris Coons (D-DE), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) today introduced the Countering Threats and Attacks on Our Judges Act, which would establish a State Judicial Threat Intelligence and Resource Center to provide technical assistance, training, and threat monitoring for state and local judges and court personnel, a press release states.
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Fifth Circuit hits pause after SCOTUS permitted Texas immigration law to take effect
AUSTIN – On March 19, the U.S. Supreme Court denied emergency motions filed by the Biden Administration seeking to block enforcement of Texas’ recent immigration law, SB 4. Later that night, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit stepped in and blocked the bill, setting arguments for Wednesday morning.
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US judiciary policy diverts suits from lone judges in Lone Star State
AUSTIN - Last week, the U.S. Judicial Conference overhauled the policy governing random case assignment, limiting the ability of litigants to effectively choose judges in certain cases by where they file a lawsuit.
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Report finds patent suits continued to decline in 2023
AUSTIN - A total of 3,111 patent lawsuits were filed in the nation last year, continuing the steady decline of cases brought since 2021, according to Lex Machina’s annual Patent Litigation Report.