Ken Paxton

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2. The committee chairperson discussed in Article 2 is Republican state senator Bryan Hughes, whom the House General Invest
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58. Agence France Presse
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84. TexasAttorneyGeneral.gov
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85. The Texas Tribune
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86. ProPublica
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87. The Texas Tribune
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88. "Texas AG Ken Paxton calls local coronavirus orders 'unlawful,' 'Orwellian'"
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93. The Hill
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94. TexasAttorneyGeneral.gov
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95. The Texas Tribune
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96. Houston Chronicle
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97. Politifact
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98. The New York Times
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102. Leif Reigstad, "Paxton Says Eminent Domain is Okay to Build Trump's Border Wall" Archived August 24, 2017, at the Waybac
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103. The Dallas Morning News
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104. Austin American-Statesman
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105. Houston Chronicle
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106. Texas Monthly
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107. TexasAttorneyGeneral.gov
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108. TexasAttorneyGeneral.gov
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109. The Washington Post
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110. TexasAttorneyGeneral.gov
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111. TexasAttorneyGeneral.gov
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112. TexasAttorneyGeneral.gov
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113. The Texas Tribune
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114. The Texas Tribune
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115. Texas Observer
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116. "Appeals Court To Consider EPA's Plan To Limit Coal-fired Power Plant Emissions"
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117. Andrea Zelinski, "Paxton again sides with Exxon Mobil in climate change probe: 11 attorneys general suing to block probe
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118. Houston Chronicle
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119. National Review
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120. The Texas Tribune
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121. Dallas Observer
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122. The Texas Tribune
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123. Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
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124. The Hill
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125. The Austin Chronicle
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126. Texas Standard
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127. The Dallas Morning News
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128. John Wright, "Paxton's Transgender Bathroom Lawsuit Goes to Court Friday" Archived May 17, 2017, at the Wayback Machine,
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129. The Washington Times
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130. Dallas Morning News
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131. New York Daily News
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132. "Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Has Dinner With Family of Transgender Boy"
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133. Dallas Observer
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134. "Eleven U.S. states to drop suit over transgender bathroom order" Archived April 21, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, Reute
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135. The Dallas Morning News
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136. "Evidence for puberty blockers use very low, says NICE"
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137. The 19th
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138. The Independent
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139. Mother Jones
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140. "Texas judge temporarily blocks state from investigating parents over medical care for transgender children"
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141. MSNBC
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142. Houston Chronicle
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143. The Dallas Morning News
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144. The Texas Tribune
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145. The Texas Tribune
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146. The Texas Tribune
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147. TexasAttorneyGeneral.gov
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148. The Texas Tribune
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149. TexasAttorneyGeneral.gov
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150. The Texas Tribune
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