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In Texas, violating campaign ethics laws rarely yields repercussions. The attorney general’s office is to blame.
Read full article: In Texas, violating campaign ethics laws rarely yields repercussions. The attorney general’s office is to blame.The number of fines for breaking state campaign ethics laws has exploded in recent years as Ken Paxton’s office rarely pursues stricter enforcement.
Lina Hidalgo receives ethics fine after endorsing a primary candidate at a Harris County press conference
Read full article: Lina Hidalgo receives ethics fine after endorsing a primary candidate at a Harris County press conferenceThe $500 fine from the Texas Ethics Commission comes after the agency found the Harris County judge broke state campaign laws barring use of government resources for political purposes.
Texas Ethics Commission will require influencers to disclose when they’re paid for advertisement
Read full article: Texas Ethics Commission will require influencers to disclose when they’re paid for advertisementThe action comes after The Texas Tribune reported that influencers were being paid to defend impeached Attorney General Ken Paxton.
Texas could require social media influencers to disclose paid political posts
Read full article: Texas could require social media influencers to disclose paid political postsThe Tribune reported last year that a company called Influenceable LLC was paid to recruit influencers to defend Attorney General Ken Paxton over his impeachment.
State Rep. Chris Paddie to stop lobbying after regulators crack down on loophole he used
Read full article: State Rep. Chris Paddie to stop lobbying after regulators crack down on loophole he usedA 2019 law says a former lawmaker cannot register to lobby until two years after they last used campaign funds to donate to another politician. Paddie, R-Marshall, sought to get around that earlier this year by reimbursing his campaign account with personal money.
As they target South Texas, Republicans say one Democratic county isn’t maintaining campaign finance records
Read full article: As they target South Texas, Republicans say one Democratic county isn’t maintaining campaign finance recordsStarr County, one of the four counties that make up the Rio Grande Valley, has not been able to produce campaign finance reports that it is required to maintain, according to a GOP group targeting the area.
Ken Paxton still hasn’t disclosed donors who fueled most of his $2.8 million campaign haul
Read full article: Ken Paxton still hasn’t disclosed donors who fueled most of his $2.8 million campaign haulPaxton’s campaign admitted last week that it was having problems trying to report all his latest donor data and would file an amended report — but as of Tuesday, it had yet to do so.