Ken Paxton’s Security for Travel Cost Taxpayers Millions. Just 1 in 6 of His Trips Had a Stated Business Purpose. by Zach Despart, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune Co-published with The Texas Tribune October 9, 2026, 6:00 am

Ken Paxton’s Security for Travel Cost Taxpayers Millions. Just 1 in 6 of His Trips Had a Stated Business Purpose. Records show the Texas attorney general has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million in security. We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to state business. by Zach Despart, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune Co-published with The Texas Tribune October 9, 2026, 6:00 am https://www.propublica.org/article/ken-paxton-travel-security-costs