
A black Texas state representative who said his conviction for ambulance chasing by a Montgomery County, Texas, jury was a “modern day lynching” has started a GoFundMe.com account. He states that the funds will be used “to raise the money to clear my name and continue being a Public Servant!”
by Lana Shadwick3 Dec 2015, 12:36 PM PST0

The Texas Ethics Commission may approve the acceptance of out-of-state donations for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s legal defense. A draft opinion was circulated in advance of a Texas Ethics Commission meeting to be held on Monday, November 30.
by Lana Shadwick30 Nov 2015, 8:03 AM PST0

HOUSTON, Texas – A Texas state representative says that his conviction for ambulance chasing by a Montgomery County, Texas, jury was a “modern day lynching.” The Missouri City, Texas, lawmaker was sentenced by a Montgomery County, Texas, jury in Conroe, Texas, to five counts of Class A misdemeanor barratry.
by Lana Shadwick26 Nov 2015, 9:42 AM PST0

Democratic Ex-Judge Carlos Cortez, the Dallas judge who received national media attention when his girlfriend accused him of assaulting her, and leaning her precariously over a balcony, and threatening to kill her, has received a public warning by the Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct. It was not this action, but his statements taped by his ex-girlfriend about his campaign reports that got him admonished. In its Public Warning, the Commission stated it started its investigation because of “widespread,” local, state, and national stories about his conduct, which included allegations of criminal conduct. The Commission also issued the order because his outrageous conduct cast the judiciary as a whole in a bad light.
by Lana Shadwick24 Mar 2015, 3:28 PM PST0

A Denton County, Texas judge has once again tossed out a ruling by the Texas Ethics Commission (TEC) against Empower Texans President Michael Quinn Sullivan that claimed that he had improperly failed to register as a lobbyist. The court’s ruling, affirmed the previous dismissal of the case by another Denton County judge, 158th District Court Judge Steve Burgess, finding that the TEC’s actions against Sullivan violated the Citizen’s Participation Act.
by Sarah Rumpf19 Mar 2015, 8:39 AM PST0

A Denton County judge has tossed out a ruling by the Texas Ethics Commission (TEC) against Empower Texans President Michael Quinn Sullivan that claimed that Sullivan had improperly failed to register as a lobbyist. The court not only rejected the TEC’s attempt to transfer the case back to Travis County, but then later ruled that the entire case was to be thrown out.
by Sarah Rumpf18 Feb 2015, 6:42 PM PST0

Trey Trainor, one of the attorneys representing Empower Texans President Michael Quinn Sullivan in his ongoing battle with the Texas Ethics Commission (TEC), fired back at the TEC, the media, and critics who have questioned Sullivan’s claims of residency in Denton County, saying that “the law is very clear” and questioning the extraordinary lengths and expense that the TEC has devoted to this case.
by Sarah Rumpf26 Jan 2015, 6:33 AM PST0