All posts tagged "texas ethics commission"
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610Dark MoneyTexas Senator Joan Huffman’s Non-Disclosure and Perjury Swept Away Like AG Paxton’s Mistress
When Texas Senator Joan Huffman knowingly and willfully violated Texas Ethics by failing to disclose her financial interests, that's perjury.
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602Gov AbbottLas Vegas Sands Bettin’ on Texas Legislature to Legalize Gamblin’
Kuempel, Rose, Geren, Moody, and Harless authored legislation to create a Gambling Commission in Texas to license commercial casinos.
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947Dark MoneyTexas Keeps Dark Money in Politics as the Run for Political Office is Full of Financial Non-Disclosures
Attorney General Ken Paxton has not disclosed a large chunk of his campaign donors from the past six months
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5.2K1Laws In TexasSorrels Law Violates Email CAN-SPAM Act. Secondly, Did Abraham Watkins Approve Use of Their Client List?
A former client of Abraham Watkins forwarded a copy of an ’email blast’ which they received from Randy Sorrels and Alexandra L....
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2.0KKen PaxtonWhat’s the Score with Michael Quinn Sullivan’s Rebrand?
No sooner is Michael Quinn Sullivan, formerly of Empower Texans fined by Texas Ethics Commission about the fact that he's not registered...
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5.4KLaws In TexasTexas Lawyer Randy Sorrels Hastily Departs Abraham Watkins Under a Cloud
With the departure of managing partner Randall Sorrels, the Houston trial firm commonly known as Abraham Watkins has changed its name, tapped...
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4.7KEditors ChoiceRemoved Texas State Judge Smoots-Thomas is Arrested While Out on Bond. She’s Barrelling Out of Control says Her Lawyer
Smoots-Thomas has since been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, court records show. Bond was set at $10,000.
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3.5KKen PaxtonTexas Attorney General Ken Paxton Challenges the State Bar of Texas. The Judge’s Decision is Still Pending.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has joined a lawsuit against the State Bar of Texas, but the Judge responsible is taking his...
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4.3K4Federal LawTexas Supreme Court Chief Justice Seeks Re-election. We Look at the Alternatives and Endorse One.
Abbott, the front-runner for the Republican gubernatorial nomination, is a former state Supreme Court justice who was on the bench with Hecht...
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2.4KFederal LawTexas Crusaders. Citizens Who Fight Back
Who were the top Texas citizen watchdogs who fought for their causes in 2019 and worked hard to get the word out...
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4.6K1Editors ChoiceTexas State Judge and the Devil Wears Prada
Audit Texas : Between January 2016 and March 2017, Harris County Texas Judge Alexandra Smoots-Thomas is alleged to have misused $24,892 in...
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1.7KKen PaxtonAttorneys in Texas are Running Like Forrest Gump to Collect On Citizens Debts, Yet Texas Ethics Commission is Not Collecting Fines from State Representatives
18 politicians owe at least $20,000 each. The worst offenders below Reynolds are gubernatorial candidate Star Locke from Port Aransas ($33,500), district...
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1.8KKen PaxtonFormer Aide to the Austin Mayor’s Punishment for Being On the Take? A Letter from the Austin Ethics Commission
Records show Rodriguez received $17,235 in 2015 and $19,875 in 2016 in consulting payments from the Latino HealthCare Forum. He resigned from...
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1.9KFederal LawThe National Government will Fare Best if the States and their Institutions are Left Free to Perform their Separate Functions in Their Separate Ways.
A proper respect for state functions, a recognition of the fact that the entire country is made up of a Union of...
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3.1KKen PaxtonEl Paso Mayor Dee Margo’s Non-Disclosure of a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) Earns Him a Seat at the Ethics Commission as a Lawyer Files a Complaint
Dallas lawyer and El Paso native Stuart Blaugrund filed the complaint June 11. It details various examples of Margo speaking favorably about...
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2.4K2Ken PaxtonFor God’s Sake Man, We Won’t Defend Our Texas Ethics Commission as a Texas Attorney General Should Sayeth the Paxtons as they Received nearly $1,000,000 in Campaign Donations from Empower Texans
Paxton, who was first elected in 2014, has received a total of $782,000 from Empower Texans and Dunn. Empower Texans has also...
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5.0KFederal LawTexas State Bar President-Elect Sorrels Appoints Wife Alexandra “Alex” Sorrels to Foundation Board, Raising Ethics Questions
Former board chairman Rehan Alimohammad said that Sorrels should further explain why he appointed his wife, because some attorneys have claimed the...
