Ken Paxton Caught Using Taxpayer Funds for Hundreds of VacationsSenate candidate Ken Paxton took nearly 1,000 business trips during his tenure as Texas Attorney General, costing taxpayers millions of dollars along the way. Only one in six of them actually had to do with work. A new report from ProPublica and The Texas Tribune shows that Paxton has taken almost 1,000 trips out of state since 2015, accompanied by Texas…The New Republic8d agoWhole story →EconomyGovernmenttexas ag travel scandal
Ken Paxton’s Travel Security Detail Cost Taxpayers MillionsRecords show the Texas attorney general has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million in security. We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to state business.ProPublica8d agoWhole story →EconomyGovernmenttexas ag travel scandal