Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announces distribution of more than 7 million free eggs statewide

More than 1.7 million free eggs have already been delivered to Texas food banks, with another 5.3 million slated to arrive in the coming weeks as part of an antitrust settlement with three major egg producers, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Tuesday.

The statewide distribution stems from settlements reached in June with Cal-Maine Foods, Centrum/Versova and Hickman's Egg Ranch, resolving antitrust claims brought by the Trump administration's Department of Justice and a coalition...