Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Sues Cop­pell ISD for Ille­gal­ly Teach­ing Woke and Hate­ful Crit­i­cal Race The­o­ry Curriculum

Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against Coppell Independent School District (“ISD”) officials for illegally teaching critical race theory (“CRT”).

March 19, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Announces Addi­tion­al Arrests in Ille­gal Abor­tion and Unli­censed Med­ical Prac­tice Investigation

Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that Jose Manuel Cendan Ley, 29, was arrested on March 17 for the unlawful performance of an abortion and the unlicensed practice of medicine.

March 18, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Announces Arrest of Hous­ton-Area Abor­tion­ist and Crack­down on Clin­ics Pro­vid­ing Ille­gal Abortions

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced the arrest of Maria Margarita Rojas, 48, for providing illegal abortions and illegally operating a network of clinics in the Northwest Houston area.

March 17, 2025 | Press Release

Attorney General Ken Paxton Defends Texas A&M’s Ban on Drag Shows Against Lawsuit from Left-Wing Group

Attorney General Ken Paxton is defending the Texas A&M Board of Regents’ (“Board”) decision to ban drag shows on the college system’s campuses.

March 14, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Holds that State Dis­trict Courts Have No Author­i­ty to Order Texas Agen­cies to Issue Trans­gen­der” Driver’s Licens­es and ID Documents

Attorney General Ken Paxton issued a legal opinion finding that state district courts do not have the authority to direct government agencies to change the sex on government-issued identification documents such as driver's licenses, birth certificates, and ID cards to something inconsistent with a person’s biology.

March 14, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Announces Inves­ti­ga­tion into Dal­las for Open Bor­ders Sanc­tu­ary City Poli­cies that Vio­late State Law

Attorney General Ken Paxton has opened an investigation and issued a formal request for records from the City of Dallas concerning the Dallas Police Department’s refusal to comply with state and federal immigration laws.

March 13, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Secures $40 Mil­lion for Texas Fol­low­ing Med­ic­aid Fraud Inves­ti­ga­tion of Moli­na Healthcare

Attorney General Ken Paxton’s Healthcare Program Enforcement Division has secured $40 million for the State of Texas by settling an enforcement action brought under the Texas Health Care Program Fraud Prevention Act (“THFPA”) against Molina Healthcare of Texas, Inc. and Molina Healthcare, Inc. (together, “Molina”).

March 07, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Works to Stop Unac­count­able Fed­er­al Plan to Ille­gal­ly Build a Nuclear Waste Facil­i­ty on World’s Most Pro­duc­tive Oil Field

Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office defended Texas before the Supreme Court of the United States (“SCOTUS”) yesterday against the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s attempt to send the nation’s nuclear waste to a proposed facility located in Texas’s Permian Basin—the world’s most productive oil field.

March 06, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Meets with Vice Pres­i­dent Vance, DOD Sec­re­tary Hegseth, DNI Gab­bard, and Gov­er­nor Abbott to Dis­cuss Bor­der Security

Attorney General Ken Paxton participated in a roundtable with Vice President JD Vance, Department of Defense (“DOD”) Secretary Pete Hegseth, Director of National Intelligence (“DNI”) Tulsi Gabbard, and Texas Governor Greg Abbott in Eagle Pass, Texas, to discuss ongoing efforts to secure the border.

March 05, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Paxton’s Inves­ti­ga­tion Leads to 10-Year Prison Sen­tence and Over $26 Mil­lion in Resti­tu­tion for Texas Doctor

Attorney General Ken Paxton’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit has secured 10 years in federal prison and a $26,622,522 restitution payment for Dr. David M. Young, 61, of Fredericksburg, Texas, who was sentenced for his role in a scheme that defrauded government health care programs by prescribing durable medical equipment and genetic tests without seeing or treating patients.

March 03, 2025 | Press Release