A request by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to set a new execution date for death row inmate Robert Roberson will be considered Wednesday in a state district courtroom in East Texas. The hearing is scheduled for 10 a.m. at the Anderson County Courthouse in Palestine, with Judge Austin Reeve Jackson presiding.

The wife of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said Thursday she is filing for divorce “on biblical grounds,” ending their 38-year marriage as he seeks to unseat Sen. John Cornyn in next year’s Republican Senate primary.

As Ken Paxton tries to unseat Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) in one of the most closely watched primaries in the country, state Sen. Angela Paxton said Thursday she filed for divorce “on biblical grounds.

Attorney General Ken Paxton has issued a warning urging Texans to avoid falling for donation scams, as people search for ways to help people impacted by the deadly floods in the Texas Hill Country. Paxton said in a Tuesday consumer alert that some people are using the disaster to perpetrate scams.

The attorney general is dropping an appeal he said he wouldn’t make in a long-running case that will cost taxpayers millions more than it should.

Eye on Politics takes a look at what's next in Texas politics as candidates for various races in the state begin to emerge.