Texas COVID-19 Test Col­lec­tion Sites

The following map allows Texans to find the nearest COVID-19 test collection site.

May 14, 2020 | Noteworthy

AG Pax­ton Joins Ami­cus Brief Defend­ing State Sovereignty

Texas today joined a Tennessee-led amicus brief in support of Michigan’s petition for rehearing en banc from a Sixth Circuit panel decision that declared the Constitution affords a fundamental right to “basic minimum education” and places control of public schools in the hands of federal judges rather than local officials.

May 14, 2020 | Noteworthy

AG Pax­ton Asks Texas Supreme Court to Order Elec­tion Offi­cials Who Urged Vot­ers to Sub­mit Unlaw­ful Mail-in Bal­lot Appli­ca­tions to Fol­low Texas Law

Attorney General Ken Paxton  today  filed a petition with the Texas Supreme Court, requesting that the court compel the early-voting clerks for Dallas, Cameron, El Paso, Harris and Travis Counties to follow Texas law on mail-in ballots.

May 13, 2020 | Press Release

AG Pax­ton Warns Coun­ty Judges and Local Offi­cials on Unlaw­ful COVID-19 Orders

Attorney General Ken Paxton today issued letters to three Texas counties (Dallas, Bexar, and Travis) and two mayors (San Antonio and Austin), warning that some requirements in their local public health orders are unlawful and can confuse law-abiding citizens.

May 12, 2020 | Press Release

AG Pax­ton Joins Let­ter Urg­ing Con­gress to Pro­tect Busi­ness­es from Base­less Law­suits as the Econ­o­my Reopens

Attorney General Ken Paxton today joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general urging Congress to implement liability protections for businesses, manufacturers of personal protective equipment, first responders, healthcare workers, healthcare facilities, and members of law enforcement, among others.

May 12, 2020 | Press Release

AG Pax­ton Files Brief Seek­ing to Pre­vent Vot­er Fraud Through the Unlaw­ful Expan­sion of Mail-In Voting

Attorney General Ken Paxton today filed a brief with the Court of Appeals for the Fourteenth Judicial District in Houston, defending the Texas Election Code requirements for submitting a mail-in ballot.

May 11, 2020 | Press Release

AG Pax­ton Will Fight to Keep Con­vict­ed Child Mur­der­er Rosa Jimenez in Jail While Her Case Pro­ceeds at the Fifth Circuit

Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that he will not drop the appeal in convicted child murderer Rosa Jimenez’s case which is currently pending at the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

May 08, 2020 | Press Release

AG Pax­ton Issues Let­ter to CDC Request­ing Review of Inter­im Guidance

The Office of the Attorney General sent a letter to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, asking it to revise its Interim Guidance for Administrators and Leaders of Community- and Faith-Based Organizations to Plan, Prepare, and Respond to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).

May 07, 2020 | Noteworthy

AG Pax­ton Issues Let­ter to Dal­las Coun­ty Judges in Defense of Out­raged Texans

 Attorney General Ken Paxton  today  sent a letter to a group of Dallas  County  judges who spoke out against his call to release Shelley Luther from jail for opening her salon to feed her family.

May 07, 2020 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Pax­ton Com­mends Texas Supreme Court for Order­ing the Release of Jailed Dal­las Salon Owner

Attorney General Ken Paxton  today  commended the Texas Supreme Court for issuing an order granting the release of salon owner Shelley Luther, who was jailed for opening her salon and working in order to feed her family and assist employees with providing for their own families.

May 07, 2020 | Press Release