Texas House approves motion to support giving Ken Paxton back-pay from impeachment trial

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — Members of the Texas House of Representatives approved a motion to support giving more than $63,000 in back-pay to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton related to his impeachment trial, as a small number of state senators and representatives plan to meet behind closed doors to iron out the state's budget.State Rep. Mitch Little, R-Lewisville, one of Paxton's defense attorneys during his 2023 impeachment trial, filed the motion on the House floor Tuesday, which passed in an