TEXAS, USA — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Thursday announced an investigation into fraudulent charity scams in the wake of catastrophic floods in Central Texas over the July 4 weekend that left more than 130 dead and more than 100 missing.

New campaign finance filings provide the first glimpse of the financial and political fault lines emerging in the open primaries for key statewide offices.

Attorney General Ken Paxton and wife Angela end 38-year marriage as she files for divorce following his impeachment acquittal and amid his Senate challenge against Cornyn

State Sen. Angela Paxton, the attorney general's wife, asked last week for the records to be sealed. A new judge brought on after the initial judge recused herself granted the request.

Texas’ attorney general said on Wednesday he has begun investigating Mars, which makes M&M’s and Skittles candies, for its alleged refusal to remove

Texas' attorney general said on Wednesday he has begun investigating Mars, which makes M&M's and Skittles candies, for its alleged refusal to remove synthetic food dyes from its products.

Texas has sought to fine a New York-based doctor who prescribed mifepristone to a Dallas woman, in a case likely headed to the Supreme Court.

The investigation, which also targets Cameron, Eastland and Guadalupe counties, comes ahead of a special legislative session in which state lawmakers will consider giving the attorney general's office the authority to prosecute election crimes.