Zach Despart
Politics Reporter at Texas Tribune
Investigative reporter @texastribune. Alum @houstonchron & @uvmvermont. NY native. Dalmatian dad.
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1 week ago |
texastribune.org | Zach Despart
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Two of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s top deputies were forced to resign in 2023 over allegations of harassment, according to court filings included in a lawsuit Tuesday. Judd Stone, the former solicitor general, and Chris Hilton, an assistant attorney general, were sued in federal court by Jordan Eskew, another former employee of the attorney general’s office.
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krgv.com | Zach Despart
"“Anti-Red Flag Act” that would limit when guns can be taken from people advances in Texas House" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.
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cbsaustin.com | Zach Despart
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texastribune.org | Zach Despart
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. The Texas House late Tuesday evening preliminarily passed a Senate bill that would prohibit governmental authorities from enforcing extreme risk protection orders, commonly known as red flag laws, unless the Legislature approved them.
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2 weeks ago |
abc13.com | Zach Despart
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Friday announced that his office had reached a preliminary agreement to settle a privacy infringement lawsuit against Google for $1.4 billion. Paxton said the deal delivers a "historic win" for Texans' data privacy and security rights. In 2022, Texas sued the tech giant, alleging it unlawfully tracked and collected users' private data, including geolocation, incognito searches, and biometric information.
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