Everything starts at 9am, but most start coverage at 8am.
Those stations live-streaming the whole thing include: (non-YouTube links below take you to the station's coverage page)
C-SPAN
KHOU - 11(website) (YouTube Channel)
KVUE (website) (YouTube Channel - they will be covering it)
KPRC(website) (coverage starts at 8am) and KPRC appears to be going all-in with "The Bench" (link)
WFAA (website) (YouTube Channel)
Fox 4's YouTube Channel
If you want it straight from the Texas Senate:
https://senate.texas.gov/av-live.php
Other sites covering it
Texas Tribune (YouTube Channel)
Quorum Report
And national outlets like The Hill and CNN and a whole shitload of websites/news orgs across Texas and the US. It's a perfect storm, as everybody is looking for something juicy and Trump is not doing much right now.
Some key facts
Paxton would be immediately removed from office if two-thirds of senators, or 21, vote to sustain even a single article of impeachment.
If any articles are sustained, they can vote to prevent him from holding future offices.
The last time a statewide official was impeached and convicted was when it happened to then-Governor James Ferguson in 1917.
Paxton and his wife had some things to say over the weekend
Paxton was introduced by his wife, Angela, who announced she is running for re-election for Senate District 8. She called him the "love of my life, my best friend." There have also been allegations of an affair against Paxton."I have also watched this man fight for me, fight for us as a couple," Angela said. "And you can be very sure that he, if he’s doing that, he’s going to fight for you."
"What I’m saying to you as we’re going forward, we have to take responsibility for our own party for people we elect who sit there and tell us one thing," Paxton said. "Yeah, we’re all about election integrity, that’s just one issue, behind-the-scenes, because Dade Phelan had to make a deal with the Democrats, we’re taking your ability to stop voter fraud away."
"I would love to talk about what’s coming up for me for the next couple of weeks. I have a gag order, so I cannot talk about that, but I can talk about something that has maybe become the leading issue that we deal with as a county and the state needs to deal with and that is something known at the Texas House of Representatives," Paxton said. "Let's clean house. God bless you."
Rick Fuckin' Perry has also said some things in the Wall Stree Fuckin' Journal (yeah, the dancer from Dancing With the Stars is writing op-eds for the WSFJ)
Republicans once believed in the rule of law. My party had confidence in the U.S. and Texas constitutions and the processes and freedoms they recognize and protect. That’s why it’s shocking to see some Republicans—through a coordinated effort of texts, emails and social-media posts—working to delegitimize the impeachment proceedings against Attorney General Ken Paxton. It points to an important question: Do we trust the processes outlined in our Texas Constitution or not?
Texas Tribune has the best rundown (check their page for a nice flowchart of all of this)
The Senate gallery will be open to the public daily, beginning at 8 a.m., with tickets distributed for the morning session on a first-come, first-served basis starting at 7:30 a.m. on the Capitol’s third floor. Tickets for the afternoon session will be distributed 45 minutes before the gallery reopens. The trial also will be livestreamed on the Texas Senate’s website and at texastribune.org.
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick will act as judge. Senators, serving as jurors, will consider 16 of 20 articles of impeachment. The Senate previously voted to delay consideration of the other four. Paxton’s wife, Sen. Angela Paxton, will sit as a member of the court but will not vote on any decisions or participate in private deliberations.
The trial will begin with the court clerk reading aloud the 16 articles. Paxton, who was ordered to appear in person, or his lawyer will plead guilty or not guilty to each article.
On the first day of the trial, some witnesses are also ordered to appear outside the front door of the Senate chamber at 11 a.m.
The court will begin its work by ruling on pretrial motions. Any motion to dismiss an article of impeachment must be approved by a majority of senators, at least 16 members. Patrick can rule on any other motion, or he can ask senators to vote on a motion without debate or discussion.
Patrick can also defer a ruling on motions — including dismissal of an article — until after evidence is presented at trial if that evidence would help answer the question.
The House managers will be first to offer an opening statement. Paxton's lawyers can choose to make a statement afterward or wait until they begin presenting evidence. Each side has up to one hour.
The House managers’ lawyers will present their case first. Each side has a total of 24 hours to present witnesses and evidence and cross-examine the opposition’s witnesses. After both sides present their evidence, each side will have one hour to present rebuttal evidence.
Witnesses will testify under oath.
Each side has up to one hour to make final arguments. Following that, Senators will meet in private to deliberate.
The 30 eligible senators will return to open court to vote separately on each article without debate or discussion, though they will have three days to submit a written explanation of their votes for publication in the Senate Journal.
Senators will submit a written vote on the question: “Shall this article of impeachment be sustained?” For each article, the court clerk will read, in random order, how each senator voted. A finding of acquittal would be entered for any article not sustained.
If an article is sustained, the House impeachment managers can ask senators to prohibit Paxton from holding future public office in Texas. Each side would have 15 minutes to argue their position. Approval requires support from 21 senators.
And if you need more info, Texas Monthly has a wall-of-text as well.
If you have non-impeachment game day stuff, the regular Ken Paxton thread is here.