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

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Announces Inves­ti­ga­tion and Demands Doc­u­ments from Plano ISD Fol­low­ing Anti­se­mit­ic Incidents

Attorney General Ken Paxton has launched an investigation into Plano Independent School District (“PISD”) for permitting and facilitating antisemitic behavior.

August 28, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Urges Texas Supreme Court to Reverse Flawed, Unprece­dent­ed Rul­ing Pro­tect­ing Beto O’Rourke

Attorney General Ken Paxton has made an emergency filing with the Texas Supreme Court following a deeply flawed and unprecedented decision by the newly formed Fifteenth Court of Appeals that puts a hold on a series of thoughtful orders from a trial court that restrained the fraudulent activities of repeat loser, Beto O’Rourke, and protects him from discovery and an upcoming temporary-injunction hearing.

August 27, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Slams Rad­i­cal Austin Judge for Keep­ing Dan­ger­ous Vagrant Shel­ter Open After Stab­bing as Stu­dents Return to Near­by Ele­men­tary School

Attorney General Ken Paxton condemned Travis County District Court Judge Aurora Martinez-Jones for refusing to hear the State's emergency request to shut down the Austin-based Sunrise Homeless Navigation Center, which operates next to an elementary school.

August 26, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Launch­es Inves­ti­ga­tion into Major Baby Food Man­u­fac­tur­ers for Sell­ing Prod­ucts Taint­ed with Dan­ger­ous Lev­els of Heavy Metals

Attorney General Ken Paxton has launched an investigation into major baby food manufacturers who have potentially violated the law by deceptively advertising and selling products that contain dangerous levels of heavy metals.

August 26, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Defeats Repeat Los­er Beto O’Rourke in Court for Third Time

Attorney General Ken Paxton has secured a third major victory over Robert Francis O’Rourke and his organization, Powered by People.  

August 25, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Instructs Texas Schools to Dis­play the Ten Com­mand­ments in Accor­dance with Texas Law

Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following statement directing all Texas Independent School Districts (ISDs) not enjoined by ongoing litigation to display copies of the Ten Commandments once Senate Bill 10 takes effect on September 1, 2025.

August 25, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Pax­ton and Amer­i­ca First Legal Join Pres­i­dent Trump to Defeat California’s Attempt at Forc­ing Rad­i­cal Green Ener­gy” Car Stan­dards on America

Attorney General Ken Paxton and America First Legal, which is serving as co-counsel for Texas, took legal action to join President Donald Trump in ongoing litigation against California’s attempt to force radical “green energy” car emission standards on America.  

August 22, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Appeals the Polit­i­cal­ly-Moti­vat­ed Attack Tar­get­ing Him and the OAG

Attorney General Ken Paxton has immediately appealed an El Paso court’s attempt to force him to be deposed at the request of Robert Francis O’Rourke.

August 22, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Defends State Law Pro­tect­ing Tex­ans from Proxy Advi­sors Push­ing Woke Ideology

Attorney General Ken Paxton is defending a new Texas state law that requires proxy advisors to disclose when they’re pushing left-wing goals as opposed to making recommendations based solely on financial considerations.  

August 22, 2025 | Press Release