Abigail Shry was due to begin serving a 27-month federal prison sentence this week for threatening a federal judge, but she failed to appear.

The attorney general interpreted the law to require outside investigations into deaths within jail walls, excluding detainees who die in the hospital, columnist Cody Copeland writes.

Competing to fill his seat are Rep. Chip Roy, a House conservative with the backing of Cruz, and Aaron Reitz, endorsed by ...

All four candidates are vying to prove they are the heir apparent to Paxton, who has solidified the office as a juggernaut in the conservative legal movement.

The four-term U.S. senator said the race will likely be settled in a runoff where voters must decide "whether character still ...

Republicans and Democrats alike are vying to fill Ken Paxton’s shoes as Texas Attorney General. Ken Paxton shaped the Texas Attorney General’s Office into a conservative political stronghold. Many ...

Read Nathan Johnson's Democratic primary candidate questionnaire for the Texas Attorney General race. Note: The USA TODAY Network only edited the response to comply with journalistic standards and did ...

A rare open attorney general race might signal an opportunity for the out-of-power party. Republicans have four strong candidates to extend their grip on the office, so Democrats will need a nominee ...