As I emerged from my home one morning to retrieve my anticipated newspaper, I was bombarded with the relentless whirring sound of several leaf blowers from the north and south on my narrow street.

Among the items stolen were a Ford transit van, numerous and several types of electric saws, multiple generators, cameras, batteries, transfer pumps, dozens of radios, and a leaf blower.

AUSTIN — A Travis County judge on Friday awarded nearly $6.7 million to four whistle-blowers who reported Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to law enforcement in 2020 for alleged criminal conduct.

A judge found that four whistle-blowers who accused Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general, of corruption and reported him to the F.B.I. were unjustly fired. By Simon J. Levien A judge awarded a ...