Texans for Public Justice

03/19/2019

The FEC investigation was triggered by complaints filed by TPJ and the Campaign Legal Center.

The resolution comes three years after the complaint against Cruz was first filed and seven years after his U.S. Senate campaign.

03/14/2019

Business 'tort dodgers' support bill to muffle their critic's speech.

Bill on frivolous lawsuits draws an unlikely ally - Austin American-Statesman

02/26/2019

Abbott breaking records for collecting special-interest money.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — As governor of Texas, Republican Greg Abbott doesn't flash the White House ambitions of his predecessors or their big personalities. But in just five years he has quietly built his own distinction: Taking in more cash from donors than any governor in U. S. history. Few oth...

02/14/2019

In July, Bonnen was a House member with $707,000 in his war chest. After he announced for House Speaker and became the favorite to succeed Joe Straus, he was getting more than $150,000 in donations per day.

12/05/2018

The court ruled Nov. 21 that six-figure payments for the prosecutors' work were outside legal limits.

11/21/2018

Once again, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals acts as the "get out of jail free card" for corrupt state officials.

The court agreed in December to weigh in on an obstacle to Paxton’s long-running legal drama, a fight over more than a year’s payment for the prosecutors working on the case.

11/19/2018

Texas needs to tighten rules that allow politicians to freely spend money doled onto them by special interests.

Anita Perry, a nurse, travels globe, attends official meetings with husband in an unusual arrangement funded with leftover campaign funds. Ethics experts object.

10/16/2018

Chronicle endorses Justin Nelson over the pen-stealing, felony indicted, incumbent Ken Paxton.

The election for attorney general offers the best reason for a Texas Republican to cross over and vote for a Democratic candidate. You don't even have to scroll down the burdensome ballot. Right on the front screen in the voting booth you'll be able to vote the straight ticket for other Republica...

10/15/2018

Corruption at the port authorities...

The Calhoun Port Authority is the only deep port along the Gulf Coast to offer a retirement plan for its board members.

10/10/2018

Will Paxton ever face the music?

While his Democratic opponent blasts Texas AG Ken Paxton for delaying his criminal trial, the case has not diminished Paxton’s support from the Republican Party of Texas.

10/02/2018

How the Collin County GOP derailed Ken Paxton’s prosecution and turned him into a right-wing hero.