The attorney general won a lawsuit against the feds for withholding a Medicaid funding stream three years ago. Texas faces the same cut, but Paxton has stayed quiet.

The score changes are part of an annual process to review the accuracy of STAAR results, state officials said.

Attorneys for Christian Castro, who appeared in federal court in McAllen, say he intends to plead not guilty to charges he lied about the circumstances that led to the shooting of a Venezuelan.