State Capital Highlights

Paxton, Cornyn gear up for primary battle Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton made it official last week, announcing he will challenge U.S. Sen. John Cornyn in next March’s Republican primary. The fireworks already have begun, the Austin American- Statesman reported, with Cornyn calling his rival “a con man and a fraud.”Paxton, for his part, said he is running to “fight for Preside...