Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Sues Biden Admin­is­tra­tion Over Rule That Could Force Rur­al Nurs­ing Homes to Shut Down

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the Biden Administration to stop a new Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) final rule that could cause rural nursing homes to shut down, forcing elderly citizens out of care.

August 14, 2024 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Warns the City of Dal­las to End State Fair Firearms Pol­i­cy Unlaw­ful­ly Infring­ing on Sec­ond Amend­ment Rights

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sent a notice letter to the City of Dallas directing it to withdraw the statement made by the State Fair of Texas, the organization contracted to run Fair Park during the annual event, that prohibits citizens from lawfully carrying a firearm on the premise.

August 14, 2024 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Sues Gen­er­al Motors for Unlaw­ful­ly Col­lect­ing Dri­vers’ Pri­vate Data and Sell­ing It To Sev­er­al Com­pa­nies, Includ­ing Insur­ance Companies

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued General Motors for its false, deceptive, and misleading business practices related to its unlawful collection and sale of over 1.5 million Texans’ private driving data to insurance companies without their knowledge or consent.

August 13, 2024 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Opens Inves­ti­ga­tion Into Cen­ter­Point Energy’s Con­duct Dur­ing Hur­ri­cane Beryl

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton opened an investigation into CenterPoint Energy, the electrical utility company that largely covers the greater Houston area, for potential violations of Texas law relating to its conduct during Hurricane Beryl.

August 12, 2024 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton’s Ongo­ing Inves­ti­ga­tion Into Act­Blue Yields Coop­er­a­tion On Donor Cred­it Card Identification

In December 2023, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton opened an investigation into the major fundraising platform ActBlue to determine whether ActBlue’s operations are compliant with all applicable laws.

August 08, 2024 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Deliv­ers Major Win Against Google’s Inter­net Search Monop­oly and Anti­com­pet­i­tive Busi­ness Practices

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has secured a major victory against Google, with a U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruling that the company’s anticompetitive business practices and monopoly represent violations of the Sherman Act, a federal antitrust law.

August 06, 2024 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Secures Final Vic­to­ry, Forc­ing Biden to Con­tin­ue Bor­der Wall Construction

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton secured a major victory stopping the Biden Administration’s attempt to unlawfully redirect statutorily obligated funds away from border wall construction in direct violation of federal law.

August 01, 2024 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Chal­lenges Biden Administration’s Unlaw­ful Weaponiza­tion of Envi­ron­men­tal Law

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton notified the Biden Administration of Texas’s intent to sue the U.S. Department of the Interior and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (“Service”) over the unlawful listing of the dunes sagebrush lizard under the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”).

August 01, 2024 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Appoints New Deputy First Assis­tant Attor­ney Gen­er­al and Announces Senior Staff Promotions

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced several senior staff promotions, appointing Ralph Molina as Deputy First Assistant Attorney General, Joseph Mazzara as Special Counsel to the Attorney General and to the First Assistant Attorney General, Ryan Baasch as Associate Deputy Attorney General for Civil Litigation, and Amy Hilton as Chief of the Healthcare Program Enforcement Division.

August 01, 2024 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Wins Major Vic­to­ry Against Biden Administration’s Attempt to Remove Rio Grande Bor­der Buoys

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton secured a major victory at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, which vacated an injunction that wrongfully ordered Texas to remove buoys that the State placed in the Rio Grande to prevent aliens from entering America unlawfully.

July 31, 2024 | Press Release