Texas joins overtime rule lawsuit

Texas is helping lead a lawsuit against President Barack Obama’s administration over a new rule that makes millions more workers eligible for overtime pay. Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Tuesday he is joining his counterpart in Nevada, Adam Laxalt, to file the lawsuit on behalf of 21 states. Paxton said the rule, announced earlier this year by the U.S. Department of Labor, is another example of Obama “trying unilaterally rewrite the law.” Read more at The Texas Tribune…