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UPDATE: The water main break has now been repaired. Veolia Water says it is working to repair a water main break in Lower Paxton Township. On Facebook, the company says the water main break is along ...

His bathroom politics stink, and so do his ethics. As if we needed more evidence of his failings as a public official and his willingness to exploit vulnerable people for political gain, here comes ...

Court documents detailing the divorce of Republican US Senate candidate and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and his wife, state Sen. Angela Paxton, were released Friday by order of a judge, months ...

The saga of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's divorce just entered a new chapter. Newly released files concerning the split between Paxton and his wife, Angela, find that she blames him for the ...

Newly released files in Attorney General Ken Paxton’s divorce lay out a sharper picture of the breakup between Paxton and his wife, Angela, who blames him for the marriage’s collapse and seeks ...

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McKINNEY, Texas — Court documents detailing the divorce of Republican U.S. Senate candidate and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and his wife, state Sen. Angela Paxton, were released Friday by order ...

The records in Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's divorce case have been unsealed. Judge Robert Brotherton, who is presiding over the case, signed an order Friday morning allowing the records to be ...

S.E. Jenkins is a digital content producer for CBS Texas. She has also been a Digital Content Producer in Tallahassee and Myrtle Beach. S.E. graduated with journalism degrees from Texas State ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and state Sen. Angela Paxton have unsealed their divorce records. Angela Paxton filed for divorce from her husband in July on "biblical grounds" and accused her ...