Attorney General of Texas Press Releases

• Published on May 2, 2024 - 22:05 GMT

  

  State­ment From Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton After Austin City Coun­cil Threat­ens Non­com­pli­ance with Texas Law Pro­hibit­...

  Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following statement reminding the City of Austin of the obligations Texas municipalities have to follow all state laws relating to prohibited treatments for children.  “On May 2, 2024, the Austin City Council …

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• Published on May 1, 2024 - 15:41 GMT

  

  Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Leads Mul­ti­state Coali­tion Suing Biden Admin­is­tra­tion Over Unlaw­ful Ban On Pri­vate ...

  Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is leading a multistate coalition including Louisiana, Missouri, and Utah to sue the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (“ATF”) of the U.S. Department of Justice for unlawfully attempting to abridge …

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• Published on April 30, 2024 - 16:12 GMT

  

  MEDIA ADVI­SO­RY: Texas Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton and Kansas Attor­ney Gen­er­al Kris Kobach To Hold Press Con­fer­ence ...

  WHO:            Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton                                                                                                                                                       Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach WHAT:          A …

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• Published on April 29, 2024 - 13:54 GMT

  

  Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Sues Biden Admin­is­tra­tion for Unlaw­ful­ly Using Title IX to Man­date Rad­i­cal Gen­der Ide­ol­...

  Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued to stop an unlawful federal rule issued by the Biden Administration that destroys protections for women in educational institutions by mandating compliance with radical gender ideology.  The Department of …

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• Published on April 26, 2024 - 18:42 GMT

  

  Texas Secures Set­tle­ment with Oper­a­tor of Major Pornog­ra­phy Web­site, Ensur­ing Com­pli­ance with Texas Law

  Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has secured a settlement with Multi Media, LLC, the operator of “Chaturbate,” one of the most visited pornographic websites on the internet, to ensure the company complies with state age verification laws. In the …

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• Published on April 25, 2024 - 19:35 GMT

  

  Office of Texas Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Will Assist Har­ris Coun­ty Dis­trict Attor­ney In Crim­i­nal Bid-Rig­ging ...

  The Criminal Prosecutions and Law Enforcement Divisions of the Attorney General’s Office will assist the Harris County District Attorney’s Office and the Texas Rangers with criminal cases involving the Harris County Judge’s Office and its role in …

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• Published on April 24, 2024 - 15:45 GMT

  

  Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Suc­cess­ful­ly Defends Texas Elec­tion Integri­ty Law

  The Supreme Court of the United States (“SCOTUS”) declined to hear a case brought by a political group that sought to overturn Texas’s age-based restrictions on mail-in voting. This ends a years-long challenge in which Attorney General Ken Paxton …

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• Published on April 23, 2024 - 21:06 GMT

  

  Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Secures Stay From Texas Supreme Court Paus­ing Har­ris County’s Unlaw­ful ​“Guar­an­teed Income” ...

  Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton secured a temporary administrative stay from the Supreme Court of Texas (“SCOTX”) ordering Harris County not to distribute any public money through its unlawful “guaranteed income” program for an interim period.  Attorney …

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• Published on April 23, 2024 - 16:08 GMT

  

  Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Asks Texas Supreme Court to Block Unlaw­ful Har­ris Coun­ty ​“Guar­an­teed Income” Scheme

  Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed for emergency relief with the Supreme Court of Texas (“SCOTX”) to block Harris County’s “guaranteed income” program that violates State law. Previously, the Office of the Attorney General (“OAG”) sought a …

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• Published on April 22, 2024 - 21:46 GMT

  

  Med­ical Provider Agrees to With­draw from Texas Instead of Com­ply­ing with Inves­ti­ga­tion into ​“Gen­der Tran­si­tion” Treat­...

  Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has reached an agreement with Seattle Children’s Hospital in which the institution will abandon all attempts to do business in Texas. Seattle Children’s appears to provide “gender transition” interventions to Texas …

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• Published on April 17, 2024 - 22:57 GMT

  

  Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Sub­mits Notice to Fifth Cir­cuit High­light­ing Impact of Recent SCO­TUS Vic­to­ry on SB 4 ...

  Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sent a notice of supplemental authority to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit detailing how Texas’s unanimous victory yesterday at the U.S. Supreme Court in DeVillier v. Texas further supports Texas’s …

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• Published on April 16, 2024 - 21:38 GMT

  

  Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Secures Unan­i­mous SCO­TUS Win on Texas Prop­er­ty Rights Case

  Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has secured a unanimous 9-0 win at the U.S. Supreme Court in a case protecting the ability of Texas to handle compensation disputes under State law for any allegedly taken property.  A number of citizens sued seeking …

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• Published on April 15, 2024 - 15:54 GMT

  

  Nation­al Coali­tion of Attor­neys Gen­er­al Files Ami­cus Brief Con­demn­ing Texas State Bar for Base­less Law­fare Weaponized ...

  A national coalition of state attorneys general filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court of Texas in support of Attorney General Ken Paxton’s top deputy, First Assistant Attorney General Brent Webster, in a blatant case of politically motivated lawfare …

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• Published on April 10, 2024 - 15:01 GMT

  

  Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Urges Expe­dit­ed Process In Con­certi­na Wire Law­suit, Point­ing to Major Prob­lems With Fed­er­...

  Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a letter with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit detailing new and important facts in the ongoing concertina wire case, urging the court to resolve the case on an expedited basis in order to protect …

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• Published on April 9, 2024 - 16:37 GMT

  

  Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Sues Har­ris Coun­ty Over Ille­gal ​“Guar­an­teed Income” Wel­fare Scheme

  Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued Harris County for instituting an unlawful “guaranteed income” program that redistributes public money in a manner that violates the Texas Constitution.  Announced by Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo in 2023, the …

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• Published on April 4, 2024 - 03:53 GMT

  

  Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Releas­es State­ment On SB 4 Oral Argument

  Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton released the following statement. “Today, my office was proud to defend SB 4, Texas’s new border security law, in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. As counsel explained, Texas has gone as far as Arizona v. …

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• Published on April 2, 2024 - 22:01 GMT

  

  Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Announces $6.6 Mil­lion Set­tle­ment With Inter­con­ti­nen­tal Ter­mi­nals Com­pa­ny For Injuries ...

  Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that the State of Texas and the United States have reached a settlement to recover natural resource damages caused by the March 2019 fire at the Deer Park facility owned by International Terminals Company, LLC (“ITC”). …

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• Published on April 2, 2024 - 20:25 GMT

  

  Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Announces Edu­ca­tion­al Part­ner­ship Between OAG Cold Case and Miss­ing Per­sons Unit and Texas ...

  Attorney General Ken Paxton has announced a partnership between the Office of the Attorney General (“OAG”) and Texas State University (“TXST”) to facilitate educational opportunities and bring more investigative power to solving cold cases. The TXST …

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• Published on March 29, 2024 - 01:08 GMT

  

  Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Opens Inves­ti­ga­tion into Parts Sup­pli­er for Boeing

  Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has opened an investigation into Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc., after reoccurring issues with certain airplane parts provided to Boeing. Spirit AeroSystems, “one of the world’s largest manufacturers of aerostructures …

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• Published on March 21, 2024 - 20:52 GMT

  

  Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Sues Biden to Stop Unlaw­ful Ban on LNG Exports

  Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed suit to block the Biden Administration’s unlawful and indefinite ban on approving applications to export liquified natural gas (“LNG”) that the Department of Energy itself has already acknowledged has “no factual …

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