HomeSearchwhistleblower

Texas Political News

Issues Judicial Statewide News Taxes & SpendingPaxton Criticizes ‘Inconceivable’ Demand to Rush Legislative Funding for Whistleblower Settlement

Hayden SparksMarch 22, 2023

Paxton also accused his opponents of violating confidentiality by referencing “oral communications" during settlement talks.

88th Legislature Issues Judicial Taxes & SpendingPaxton’s Settlement Imperiled as ‘Whistleblowers’ Doubt Legislature Will Pay Out

Hayden SparksMarch 10, 2023

Attorneys for Paxton’s opponents say he is seeking “all the benefits of the settlement” without having to convince state lawmakers to pay it.

Criminal Justice Statewide NewsPaxton Agrees to $3.3 Million Settlement in Ongoing ‘Whistleblower’ Lawsuit Against Former Employees

Brad JohnsonFebruary 10, 2023

The lawsuit has dragged on since November 2020 after and was a theme of Paxton's opponents' campaigns.

Immigration & Border Issues Judicial Statewide NewsLawsuit Against Paxton by ‘Whistleblowers’ Could Be Headed For Settlement, per Report

Hayden SparksFebruary 1, 2023

The attorney general has spent much of his administration suing President Biden over illegal immigration and the border crisis.

Education Local NewsBelton ISD Told Staff Salaries Would Suffer if Ballot Bond Failed, Per Whistleblower Documents

Isaiah MitchellJune 2, 2022

An implied promise of salary hikes if the bond passes might count as encouragement to vote for the bond, which could violate state law.

AudioWeekly Roundup Podcast: May 7 Election Preview, Death of Texas National Guardsman, Abbott and Patrick Weigh in on Whistleblower Lawsuit

Daniel FriendApril 29, 2022

Catch up on the week's hottest stories in Texas politics with the reporting team at The Texan.

Judicial Statewide NewsAbbott, Patrick Ask Texas Supreme Court to Take Up Whistleblower Suit Against Paxton

Daniel FriendApril 26, 2022

The governor and lieutenant governor asked the court to consider an argument that the Whistleblower Act does not apply to elected officials.

Elections 2022 JudicialAttorney General Whistleblowers Say Paxton Has Made ‘False and Misleading’ Claims on Campaign Trail

Daniel FriendFebruary 21, 2022

Attorney General Ken Paxton’s former top aides are accusing him of making “false and misleading” claims in recent interviews.

Elections 2022 JudicialAttorney General Ken Paxton Seeks State Supreme Court Protection From Whistleblower Act

Daniel FriendJanuary 6, 2022

The Office of the Attorney General is asking the Supreme Court to shield Ken Paxton from the Whistleblower Act.

JudicialAppellate Court Sides with Attorney General Whistleblowers, Allows Lawsuit Against Paxton to Continue

Daniel FriendOctober 21, 2021

A whistleblower lawsuit against the Office of the Attorney General can proceed, says the appellate court.

JudicialPaxton Lawsuit Hearing Focuses on Applicability of Whistleblower Act to Attorney General

Daniel FriendSeptember 22, 2021

Judges honed in on the Office of the Attorney General’s claims that elected officials are protected from the Whistleblower Act.

Judicial Statewide NewsAttorney General Ken Paxton Pushes Back in Whistleblower Lawsuit in New Filing

Daniel FriendJune 2, 2021

The filing purports that Jeff Mateer, the first whistleblower to resign, said under oath that he did not witness the attorney general commit any crime, but that there was only a concern about future crimes.

Notice: Undefined index: level_id in /home/txnewsadm/public_html/wp-content/themes/newstar-child/footer.php on line 240

Notice: Undefined index: level_id in /home/txnewsadm/public_html/wp-content/themes/newstar-child/footer.php on line 240

Notice: Undefined index: level_id in /home/txnewsadm/public_html/wp-content/themes/newstar-child/footer.php on line 251

Notice: Undefined index: level_id in /home/txnewsadm/public_html/wp-content/themes/newstar-child/footer.php on line 262