Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued the city of Austin over a fund that helped residents pay for travel to get abortions in other states. This marked Paxton's second lawsuit on the city, after the city's authorities set aside $400,

A federal judge has ruled that parts of a sweeping Texas voter security law are unconstitutional, and the state can no longer investigate voter assistance efforts as a criminal act.

The attorney general said he would move to block the order “so Texas can continue to defend its elections from bad actors seeking to undermine the ballot box.”

The ruling said Texas' ballot harvesting provisions were unconstitutional by being too vague, restricting free speech and violating the 14th Amendment