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AG Pax­ton Sends Let­ter to Cameron Coun­ty Warn­ing that it Must Allow Reli­gious Pri­vate Schools to Open

Attorney General Ken Paxton  today  issued a letter to Cameron County Judge Eddie Treviño, warning against a control order issued jointly by Judge Treviño and the county’s health authority that specifically dictates how religious private schools may operate.

September 04, 2020 | Press Release

OP-ED: Mail-In Bal­lots: A Threat to Democracy

September 01, 2020 | Noteworthy

AG Pax­ton Sues Har­ris Coun­ty Clerk to Pre­vent Him from Unlaw­ful­ly Send­ing Out Mil­lions of Unso­licit­ed Mail-In Bal­lot Applications

Attorney General Ken Paxton today  filed a lawsuit against Harris County Clerk Chris Hollins for sending unsolicited mail-in ballot applications to over two million Harris County registered voters in blatant violation of Texas election laws.

August 31, 2020 | Press Release

AG Pax­ton Defends Women’s Health and Safe­ty in Mul­ti­state Ami­cus Brief 

Attorney General Ken Paxton today joined 10 other states in a friend-of-the-court brief requesting that the United States Supreme Court stay an injunction that suspended important health and safety requirements imposed by federal law for the prescription of mifepristone - a drug that causes an abortion.

August 28, 2020 | Press Release

AG Pax­ton Files Let­ter Brief in Sup­port of Cypress-Fair­banks ISD Con­duct­ing On-Cam­pus Devel­op­ment for Teachers

Attorney General Ken Paxton  today filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the Supreme Court of Texas, urging the court to override a trial court order that unlawfully prevented the Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District from resuming in-person, on-campus operations and teacher trainings just days before the start of the school year.

August 17, 2020 | Press Release

AG Pax­ton Joins 22-State Coali­tion Urg­ing Con­gress to Con­sid­er Safe to Work Act

Attorney General Ken Paxton joined 21 other states in a letter to the United States Congress urging the adoption of federal pandemic liability protections contained in the Safe to Work Act.

August 06, 2020 | Press Release

AG Pax­ton Files Law­suit Against Clin­i­ca His­pana for Fraud­u­lent COVID Test­ing and Fail­ing to Secure Per­son­al Information

Attorney General Ken Paxton today filed a lawsuit against Clinica Hispana in La Porte, Texas, which has both misrepresented the character of its COVID-19 testing as well as its failure to secure patients’ sensitive personal information.

August 05, 2020 | Press Release

AG Pax­ton Joins Ami­cus Brief Defend­ing Women’s Health and Safety

Attorney General Ken Paxton joined ten other states in a friend-of-the-court brief requesting that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit stay a nationwide injunction suspending important health and safety requirements imposed by federal law for prescription of the abortifacient mifepristone.

August 05, 2020 | Press Release

AG Pax­ton Applauds Pres­i­dent Trump, White House Title 32 Exten­sion of Texas Nation­al Guard

Attorney General Ken Paxton today applauded President Trump for extending federal funding for the Texas National Guard’s mission to help combat COVID-19 across the state.

August 04, 2020 | Press Release