/tags/texas-courts Texas Courts en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Tue, 03 Sep 2024 16:33:21 GMT /news/2024-09-03/texas-transgender-trans-birth-certificate-change-update-policy Texans who have secured a court order to update the sex listed on their birth certificates can no longer do so at this time, according to a new state policy that blocks transgender Texans from making these changes. Tue, 03 Sep 2024 16:33:21 GMT /news/2024-09-03/texas-transgender-trans-birth-certificate-change-update-policy Lauren McGaughy /texas/2024-08-21/texas-transgender-trans-drivers-license-change-update-policy Now, Texans will not be able to change the sex on their licenses unless it is to fix a clerical error. Wed, 21 Aug 2024 17:00:24 GMT /texas/2024-08-21/texas-transgender-trans-drivers-license-change-update-policy Lauren McGaughy /politics/2024-08-15/ken-paxton-ag-texas-prosecutors-pay-court-appeal-decision-ruling In a major loss for the special prosecutors, the First Court of Appeals in Houston ruled that a lower court erred in ordering the lawyers to be paid $300 an hour for their work on the Paxton fraud case. Thu, 15 Aug 2024 14:23:15 GMT /politics/2024-08-15/ken-paxton-ag-texas-prosecutors-pay-court-appeal-decision-ruling Lauren McGaughy /2024-04-04/prison-time-for-paxton-absolutely-never-likely-state-prosecutor-says The two lawyers brought on to prosecute Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton started as partners but are leaving the case as adversaries. Thu, 04 Apr 2024 14:43:29 GMT /2024-04-04/prison-time-for-paxton-absolutely-never-likely-state-prosecutor-says Lauren McGaughy /texas/2024-02-29/lgbtq-advocacy-group-sues-to-block-texas-ag-ken-paxtons-request-for-records-about-transgender-children Paxton, a Republican who has worked for years to block gender-affirming care for minors, has begun targeting out-of-state clinics and organizations that work with transgender youth. Thu, 29 Feb 2024 19:25:12 GMT /texas/2024-02-29/lgbtq-advocacy-group-sues-to-block-texas-ag-ken-paxtons-request-for-records-about-transgender-children Lauren McGaughy /texas/2024-02-28/exclusive-ken-paxton-impeachment-records-reveal-fights-over-witness-testimony-and-alleged-bullying The Texas Newsroom received hundreds of pages of documents that pull back the curtain on last year's historic impeachment trial of Attorney General Ken Paxton. Wed, 28 Feb 2024 12:00:00 GMT /texas/2024-02-28/exclusive-ken-paxton-impeachment-records-reveal-fights-over-witness-testimony-and-alleged-bullying Lauren McGaughy /news/2024-02-06/bills-to-fight-texas-attorney-general-ken-paxtons-whistleblower-case-top-700k-records-show Paxton, a Republican, brought on a private law firm to fight a whistleblower lawsuit accusing him of wrongful termination. His agency has paid the firm at least $700,000 to fight the suit since 2020. Tue, 06 Feb 2024 18:37:38 GMT /news/2024-02-06/bills-to-fight-texas-attorney-general-ken-paxtons-whistleblower-case-top-700k-records-show Lauren McGaughy /2024-01-18/texas-attorney-general-ken-paxton-moves-to-end-whistleblower-lawsuit-that-prompted-impeachment Paxton, a Republican, beat the impeachment charges and now wants to end the lawsuit underlying them. Thu, 18 Jan 2024 19:06:09 GMT /2024-01-18/texas-attorney-general-ken-paxton-moves-to-end-whistleblower-lawsuit-that-prompted-impeachment Lauren McGaughy /politics/2024-01-17/texas-january-6-capitol-attack-emails-texts-lawsuit-abbott-paxton Texas can appeal the decision, which said a suit seeking years of Greg Abbott and Ken Paxton's emails can continue. Wed, 17 Jan 2024 21:08:14 GMT /politics/2024-01-17/texas-january-6-capitol-attack-emails-texts-lawsuit-abbott-paxton Lauren McGaughy /texas/2019-02-06/texas-top-judge-asks-lawmakers-for-big-changes The top judge on the Texas Supreme Court gave lawmakers a big wish list during his State of the Judiciary speech in Austin today. Chief Justice Nathan... Wed, 06 Feb 2019 23:18:29 GMT /texas/2019-02-06/texas-top-judge-asks-lawmakers-for-big-changes Christopher Connelly