9 Years Later, Ken Paxton Makes A Deal With Prosecutors

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Today, federal prosecutors announced a deal with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to drop the felony securities fraud charges against him — pending since his 2015 indictment — in exchange for how much…

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Morning Docket: 10.03.24

* Latest redacted filing in Trump case paints an overwhelming portrait of criminality that the Supreme Court will make up even more new rules to squelch. [New Republic] * Judge who handcuffed innocent teen is back presiding over cases. [ABA Journal] * Eight states will vote on banning non-citizens from voting… which is already illegal….

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Morning Docket: 06.13.24

* House approves contempt measure against Merrick Garland for not giving them the original audio to go with the transcripts they have of Biden’s interviews with the special counsel Robert Hur’s “He Didn’t Commit Any Crimes, But Damn He Old” report. [ABA Journal] * Georgia Supreme Court jumps the line to intervene to halt the…

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MATTHEW R. GOODMAN | Diverse: Issues In Higher Education

Matthew R. GoodmanMatthew R. Goodman has been appointed director of bands at Allen University in Columbia, South Carolina. He served as head band director at Handley High School in Roanoke, Alabama, and as director of bands for Pleasant Grove High School in Alabama. Goodman holds a bachelor’s degree from Winston-Salem State University in North Carolina…

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