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A stock photo of a couple filling out divorce papers with a lawyer. Kaboompics.com Pexels, used with Creative Commons license Divorcing in Texas isn’t always straightforward, and pregnancy adds a ...

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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Parents in Texas now have a new option if they want to exempt their children from school-required vaccines — they can download the ...

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and his wife, state Sen. Angela Paxton, are longtime owners of a $1.5 million house in a gated community in McKinney. In 2015, they snapped up a second home in Austin ...

Firebrand Texas Republican Ken Paxton’s long record of political resilience in the face of scandal faces a new test after his wife filed for divorce and accused him of adultery, jolting a contentious ...

Texas Sen. John Cornyn outraised his Republican challenger, Attorney General Ken Paxton, by $1 million during the first three months of what’s becoming one of the most hotly contested primary battles ...

9:49 p.m. July 11, 2025: Updated with information from a Collin County court record. McKINNEY — A Collin County district court agreed on Friday to make records from Texas state Sen. Angela Paxton’s ...

The order meant details in the case, which involves allegations of adultery, would not be public as the Texas attorney general challenges Senator John Cornyn in the 2026 primary. By J. David Goodman ...