AG Pax­ton Sends Let­ter to Cameron Coun­ty Warn­ing that it Must Allow Reli­gious Pri­vate Schools to Open

Attorney General Ken Paxton  today  issued a letter to Cameron County Judge Eddie Treviño, warning against a control order issued jointly by Judge Treviño and the county’s health authority that specifically dictates how religious private schools may operate.

September 04, 2020 | Press Release

AG Pax­ton Sends Let­ter Sup­port­ing Sec­tion 230 Rule Pro­mot­ing Trans­paren­cy and Account­abil­i­ty for Large Tech Platforms

Attorney General Ken Paxton sent a comment letter to Secretary Marlene Dortch of the Federal Communications Commission, supporting the National Telecommunications and Information Agency’s Petition (the Petition) to the Federal Communications Commission to clarify provisions of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.

September 03, 2020 | Press Release

AG Pax­ton: Texas Parks & Wildlife Depart­ment Award­ed $20 Mil­lion Set­tle­ment for Bas­trop State Park Restoration

Attorney General Ken Paxton today commended a settlement awarding $20 million to the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department (TPWD) to remedy devastation caused by the failure of Asplundh Tree Expert, LLC to properly manage vegetation growth

September 02, 2020 | Press Release

AG Pax­ton Sues Har­ris Coun­ty Clerk to Pre­vent Him from Unlaw­ful­ly Send­ing Out Mil­lions of Unso­licit­ed Mail-In Bal­lot Applications

Attorney General Ken Paxton today  filed a lawsuit against Harris County Clerk Chris Hollins for sending unsolicited mail-in ballot applications to over two million Harris County registered voters in blatant violation of Texas election laws.

August 31, 2020 | Press Release

AG Pax­ton Joins Let­ter to Pres­i­dent Trump in Sup­port of Fund­ing The Nation­al Child ID Act

Attorney General Ken Paxton joined a 20-state coalition in support of making funding available through any federal agency to support House Resolution 4172 (the National Child ID Act) in order to help parents, guardians and law enforcement better protect children from exploitation, abduction and human trafficking.

August 31, 2020 | Press Release

AG Pax­ton Defends Women’s Health and Safe­ty in Mul­ti­state Ami­cus Brief 

Attorney General Ken Paxton today joined 10 other states in a friend-of-the-court brief requesting that the United States Supreme Court stay an injunction that suspended important health and safety requirements imposed by federal law for the prescription of mifepristone - a drug that causes an abortion.

August 28, 2020 | Press Release

AG Pax­ton Warns Tex­ans of Scam­mers in Wake of Hur­ri­cane Laura

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton warned Texans of the risk of fraud and common scams in the wake of Hurricane Laura, which is expected to impact communities across the state.  

August 27, 2020 | Press Release

AG Pax­ton Urges Con­gress to Adopt Mea­sures to Expand Fund­ing for Crime Victims

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton joined a coalition of 56 state and territorial attorneys general representing all 50 states, the District of Columbia and five U.S. territories urging Congress to adopt key changes to the Victims of Crime Act that provide critical financial support to victims of violent crimes and their families.

August 26, 2020 | Press Release

AG Pax­ton Con­tin­ues Fight­ing for Sanc­ti­ty of Life, Defends Texas Ban on Bar­bar­ic Abor­tion Pro­ce­dure at the Fifth Circuit

Attorney General Ken Paxton filed an en banc petition in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit urging the entire court to put a hold on a district court’s ruling that allows live-dismemberment abortions.

August 26, 2020 | Press Release