Texas Tribune Brief

Voters in Harris County shattered the record for in-person ballots cast on the first day of early voting, with more than 128,000 people voting, according to the county elections office.

A noisy election year from the presidential race at the top of the ballot to the congressional and legislative races all over the U.S. has reached the decision point and n-person early voting in Texas has begun.

Aides in the Attorney General’s office have said their boss used the power of the agency to serve the financial interests of Nate Paul, an Austin investor and donor. Paul’s attorney said his client has been the victim of agency “dysfunction.”

As the pandemic has dragged on in Texas, the distance between Abbott's approval and disapproval ratings from voters has narrowed, according to the University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.

In the weekend edition of The Brief podcast, listen to Brittani Castle detail how the coronavirus has come to dominate her life.

The president leads the former vice president 50%-45% in Texas, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.

The Texas Supreme Court ruled against several GOP officials who pushed to keep early voting to a two-week period during the pandemic.

The Texas Rangers’ preliminary investigation found that Wolfe City police officer Shaun Lucas’ use of deadly force against Price was not “objectively reasonable.”

"For the good of the people of Texas and the extraordinary public servants who serve at the Office of the Attorney General, Attorney General Ken Paxton must resign," Roy said in a statement.

Seven senior officials said in a letter obtained by the Austin American-Statesman and KVUE that they have reason to believe Paxton should be investigated for "abuse of office, bribery and other potential criminal offenses."