New campaign finance filings provide the first glimpse of the financial and political fault lines emerging in the open primaries for key statewide offices.

In what he called an effort to restore integrity to the office, state Sen. Nathan Johnson on Tuesday launched a campaign to replace Ken Paxton as Texas attorney general. “It is significant that Ken Paxton has abused the office,

Mars is the maker of various candies, including Skittles, M&M's, Milky Way and Twix. The company also makes pet food under brands like Iams and Pedigree, although no pet food brands were mentioned in Paxton's announcement. Paxton said he has issued a Civil Investigative Demand (CID) to obtain documents from Mars as part of the investigation.

Ken Paxton said the company reneged on a 2016 public pledge to remove them, amounting to deceptive trade practices.

TEXAS, USA — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Thursday announced an investigation into fraudulent charity scams in the wake of catastrophic floods in Central Texas over the July 4 weekend that left more than 130 dead and more than 100 missing.

Paxton issued a warning letter on Monday to Tray Coppola, the organizer of an unverified GoFundMe campaign, due to concerns that it may be a scam targeting those affected by recent floods in Texas.

State Sen. Angela Paxton, the attorney general’s wife, asked last week for the records to be sealed. A new judge brought on after the initial judge recused herself granted the request.

Attorney General Ken Paxton has requested death row inmate Robert Roberson, whose execution date was delayed last year after his case became a political lightning rod, be executed on Oct. 16. A hearing is set for 10 a.