Pax­ton Joins Mul­ti­state Ami­cus to Pro­tect the Reli­gious Lib­er­ties of Amer­i­can Workers

Attorney General Paxton filed a multistate amicus brief in the United States Supreme Court, led by West Virginia and Louisiana, to protect the religious liberties of workers across America.

March 10, 2023 | Press Release

Paxton’s Crim­i­nal Pros­e­cu­tions Divi­sion Helps Secure Guilty Ver­dict for Murderer

Efforts by Attorney General Paxton’s Criminal Prosecutions Division led to a Starr County jury finding Gerardo Echavarria, Jr. guilty of the murder of Juan Raul Requenez.

March 09, 2023 | Press Release

Pax­ton Sends Let­ters to Phar­ma­cies Regard­ing FDA’s Ille­gal Efforts to Encour­age Com­pa­nies to Mail Abor­tion Drugs

Attorney General Paxton joined a Missouri-led coalition in sending a letter to Rite Aid regarding the company’s plans to send abortion-inducing drugs through the mail.

March 08, 2023 | Press Release

Pax­ton Peti­tions U.S. Supreme Court to Pro­tect Tax­pay­er Funds by Clar­i­fy­ing Rules on Attorney’s Fees

Attorney General Paxton has joined a Georgia-led amicus brief that is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to clarify the legal framework for when attorney’s fees are to be awarded to “prevailing parties” in civil lawsuits.  

March 08, 2023 | Press Release

Pax­ton Sup­ports Efforts to Stop FDA from Expand­ing Access to Abor­tion-Induc­ing Drugs

Attorney General Paxton has joined a Mississippi-led amicus brief in a case challenging reckless and illegal actions by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) that expand access to abortion-inducing drugs being sent through the mail.  

March 07, 2023 | Press Release

Pax­ton Peti­tions Court to Halt Ille­gal Biden Admin­is­tra­tion Rule That Tar­gets Amer­i­cans Law­ful­ly Exer­cis­ing Their Sec­ond Amend­ment Rights

Attorney General Paxton filed a motion for preliminary injunction in his lawsuit against Biden’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (“ATF”).

March 06, 2023 | Press Release

Pax­ton Urges Biden Admin­is­tra­tion to Aban­don Efforts to Impose Oner­ous Envi­ron­men­tal Require­ments on Fed­er­al Contractors

Attorney General Paxton joined a coalition led by Kentucky and West Virginia to submit a comment letter to the Department of Defense (“DOD”), General Services Administration (“GSA”), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (“NASA”), requesting that these federal entities abandon their plans to impose new environmental regulations on federal contractors. 

March 03, 2023 | Press Release

Pax­ton Crit­i­cizes EPA Over New Rule that Tar­gets the Oil and Gas Industry

Attorney General Paxton sent a West Virginia-led comment letter to Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA) Administrator Michael Regan, urging the agency to drop a new rule that directly targets the oil and natural gas industry with crippling regulations.  

March 02, 2023 | Press Release

Pax­ton Oppos­es New Fed­er­al Rules Mak­ing it Hard­er to Crack Down on Finan­cial Crimes

Attorney General Paxton sent a multistate comment letter to the Policy Division of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”), which is a federal entity that aids state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies in stopping financial crime.

March 01, 2023 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Paxton’s Law Enforce­ment Round-Up: Jan­u­ary 16 – 312023

The law enforcement round-up is comprised of important arrests from the Child Exploitation, Human Trafficking, Special Crimes, and Fugitive Apprehension Units.

February 28, 2023 | Press Release