Last fall, suspended AG Ken Paxton tapped troubled businessman Kenny Hansmire to push a statewide opioid program. Hansmire persuaded TX lawmakers to buy millions of child I.D. kits a year ago but the kits had no proven record of success. Via propublica
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Paxton didn’t provide a price tag for the effort or explain Hansmire’s exact role, but he said a partnership with the businessman’s National Child Identification Program would be important to the program’s success. little evidence of the kits’ effectiveness and showed that the company exaggerated missing child statisticsThe investigation also revealed that Hansmire has twice pleaded guilty to felony theft and was sanctioned by banking regulators in Connecticut in 2015 for his role in an alleged scheme to defraud or mislead investors.that would approve the use of federal money to pay for the child identification kits. Hansmire later honored the attorney general at a Green Bay Packers game for his support.
Hegar, a Republican former state legislator who served with Paxton in the Texas Senate, declined to entertain Hansmire’s requests and explained that funding decisions will follow a formal approval process that is still being developed, Bryan said. He did not respond to additional questions.
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