Effort to impeach Ken Paxton, led by fellow Republicans, sets off political earthquake in Texas

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. ​​For nearly a decade, Texas Republicans largely looked the other way as Attorney General Ken Paxton's legal problems piled up. In revealing it had been secretly investigating Paxton since March — and then recommending his impeachment on Thursday — a Republican-led state House committee sought to hold Paxton accountable in a way the GOP has never come close to doing. It amounted to a political earthquake, and while...