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

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Con­tin­ues to Urge the Supreme Court of Texas to Declare Rogue Democ­rats’ Seats Vacant for Aban­don­ing Office

Attorney General Ken Paxton filed his merits brief before the Supreme Court of Texas, presenting the legal grounds for declaring vacant the seats of the Democrat legislators who abandoned their duties and fled the state to break quorum.

August 21, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Moves to Stop El Paso Court from Wrong­ful­ly Inter­fer­ing with Lit­i­ga­tion Against Beto O’Rourke

Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed an emergency application for a temporary restraining order with a Tarrant County District Court, urging it to protect its jurisdiction following a flawed anti-suit injunction ruling by an El Paso District Court.

August 21, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Demands Imme­di­ate Halt to Ille­gal Abor­tion Pill Ship­ments into Texas

Attorney General Ken Paxton has issued cease-and-desist letters to multiple radical organizations demanding an immediate end to the unlawful advertising, sale, and shipment of abortion-inducing drugs into the State of Texas.

August 20, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Secures His­toric $9.5 Mil­lion Set­tle­ment with Book­ing for Engag­ing in Decep­tive Junk Fee” Practices

Attorney General Ken Paxton has secured a historic $9.5 million settlement with Booking Holdings Inc. (“Booking”) for deceptively marketing hotel room prices to consumers by omitting mandatory fees.

August 19, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Inves­ti­gates Meta and Char​ac​ter​.AI for Mis­lead­ing Chil­dren with Decep­tive AI-Gen­er­at­ed Men­tal Health Services

Attorney General Ken Paxton has opened an investigation into artificial intelligence chatbot platforms, including Meta AI Studio and Character.AI, for potentially engaging in deceptive trade practices and misleadingly marketing themselves as mental health tools.

August 18, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Beats Beto Again, Expand­ing the TRO Against Him and Defeat­ing His Attempt to Forum Shop

Attorney General Ken Paxton secured another major victory against Robert Francis O’Rourke and his organization, Powered by People, which has operated an unlawful financial influence scheme designed to help runaway Democrats avoid arrest during Quorum Break.  

August 16, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Seeks to Revoke the Char­ter of Robert Fran­cis O’Rourke’s Orga­ni­za­tion, Pow­ered by Peo­ple, for Unlaw­ful Conduct

Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed an amended petition in his litigation against Robert Francis O’Rourke to revoke the charter of Powered by People, the organization responsible for deceptively fundraising and handing out “Beto Bribes” to Democrat legislators in exchange for breaking quorum.

August 15, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Announces Inves­ti­ga­tion into Util­i­ty Com­pa­nies Con­nect­ed to the Dev­as­tat­ing Smoke­house Creek and Windy Deuce Fires

Attorney General Ken Paxton has announced an investigation into several utility companies connected to the devastating Smokehouse Creek and Windy Deuce Fires.

August 15, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Con­tin­ues Fight­ing for Wound­ed Vet­er­an Against Mil­i­tary Con­trac­tor Whose Neg­li­gence Allowed a Tal­iban-Affil­i­ate to Det­o­nate Bomb on Mil­i­tary Base

Attorney General Ken Paxton joined a multistate coalition supporting former U.S. Army Specialist Winston Hencely, a decorated combat veteran who was severely injured in a terrorist bombing at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan.

August 14, 2025 | Press Release