Texas Supreme Court Halts Austin Rail Lawsuit, Orders Judge To Rule On Ken Paxton’s Challenge
May 23, 2026
The Texas Supreme Court has stepped into the legal battle over Austin’s multi-billion-dollar light rail project, ordering a lower court judge to officially rule on a jurisdictional challenge filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. In an opinion delivered Friday by Chief Justice James D. Blackl
ock, the high court stated that the trial court abused […]
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