Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Announces Arrest in Starr Coun­ty for Ille­gal Bal­lot Har­vest­ing Scheme

Attorney General Ken Paxton is announcing the arrest of Modesta Vela in Starr County for operating an illegal ballot harvesting scheme during the 2022 general election.

September 17, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Secures Expe­dit­ed Injunc­tion Hear­ing to Sus­pend Vagrant Shel­ter Endan­ger­ing Near­by Ele­men­tary Stu­dents with Drugs and Violence

Attorney General Ken Paxton secured an expedited hearing for a temporary injunction against Sunrise Homeless Navigation Center (“Sunrise”), a hotspot for drugged-out vagrants that regularly endanger Texas children at a nearby elementary school.

September 16, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Inves­ti­gates Proxy Advi­sors Glass Lewis and ISS for Mis­lead­ing Pub­lic Com­pa­nies to Push Rad­i­cal Agenda

Attorney General Ken Paxton announced an investigation into Glass Lewis & Co. (“Glass Lewis”) and Institutional Shareholder Services, Inc. (“ISS”) for potentially misleading institutional investors and public companies by issuing voting recommendations that advance radical political agendas rather than sound financial principles. 

September 16, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton and Col­gate-Pal­mo­live Lead the Way in Tooth­paste Safe­ty With His­toric Agree­ment to Pre­vent Exces­sive Flu­o­ride Exposure

Attorney General Ken Paxton has secured a historic agreement with Colgate-Palmolive Company (“Colgate”) after concerns about major toothpaste manufacturers depicting excessive amounts of fluoride toothpaste in their marketing and packaging.

September 15, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Secures Win Requir­ing Austin ISD to Com­ply with State Law Ban­ning Rad­i­cal, Anti-Amer­i­can Crit­i­cal Race Theory

Attorney General Ken Paxton secured a win over Austin Independent School District (“AISD”), ordering the end to any teaching of Critical Race Theory (“CRT”), a radical, anti-American set of teachings.

September 15, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Secures Extend­ed TROs Against Beto O’Rourke, Pre­vent­ing Addi­tion­al Finan­cial Pay­offs to Texas Politicians

Attorney General Ken Paxton has secured the extension of restraining orders against Robert Francis O’Rourke and his organization, Powered by People, which prevents the distribution of financial payoffs to Texas Democrats who broke quorum.

September 04, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Appeals Flawed Injunc­tion and Con­tin­ues to Order That the Ten Com­mand­ments Be Dis­played in Texas Schools

Attorney General Ken Paxton is continuing to lead the effort to ensure that the Ten Commandments are displayed in Texas schools in accordance with state law.

September 04, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Pax­ton Sues Big Tech Com­pa­ny for Cat­a­stroph­ic Data Breach That Com­pro­mised the Per­son­al Infor­ma­tion of Over 880,000 Texas School-Aged Chil­dren and Teachers

Attorney General Ken Paxton filed suit against PowerSchool, a California-based provider of cloud-based services for K-12 schools, after an unprecedented data breach exposed the sensitive personal identifying information and protected health information of more than 880,000 Texas school-aged children and teachers.

September 03, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Encour­ages Texas Schools to Begin Legal Process of Putting Prayer Back in the Class­room and Rec­om­mends the Lord’s Prayer for Students

Attorney General Ken Paxton encourages all Texas schools to implement dedicated time for prayer and the reading of scripture, following the enactment of Senate Bill 11 on September 1, 2025.

September 02, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Secures $720 Mil­lion from Drug Man­u­fac­tur­ers for their Role in the Cat­a­stroph­ic Opi­oid Epidemic

Attorney General Ken Paxton secured a new opioid settlement worth $720 million with eight drug makers that manufactured opioid pills and worsened the nationwide opioid crisis.

August 29, 2025 | Press Release