By Michelle Casady (January 6, 2022, 6:23 PM EST) -- The Texas Attorney General's Office is appealing to the state's supreme court to undo an intermediate appellate court ruling that allowed former top aides to proceed with their whistleblower lawsuit alleging they were fired for reporting abuses of power. Attorney General Ken Paxton's office argued in its petition for review Monday evening that the Texas Supreme Court should answer "two questions of statewide importance," including whether the Whistleblower Act applies to elected officers, and whether the plaintiffs' assertion that they were fired after making a good faith report of a violation of law should be granted deference by the courts. "The Act. . .
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