Project Connect trial begins Monday — and will likely halt just as quickly

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A trial centered around the validity of the funding structure behind Austin's Project Connect mass transit system is set to begin Monday -- but will likely halt just as quickly as Attorney General Ken Paxton's office is expected to file an interlocutory appeal to delay proceedings just as quickly, per a Monday news release.If filed as expected, the appeal "will freeze the trial on the merits of our lawsuit as well as freeze the Austin Transit Partnership's (ATP) attempt to