Pax­ton Joins Ami­cus Brief to Defend Col­lege Ath­let­ics and Pre­vent Dis­as­trous Out­comes From New Fed­er­al Court Rul­ing on Title IX

Attorney General Paxton has joined an Ohio-led cert-stage amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court, pushing back against the wrongly-decided Title IX ruling from the Cincinnati-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

September 08, 2022 | Press Release

CON­SUMER ALERT: Beware Scam­mers Using Attor­ney Gen­er­al Paxton’s Name and Sig­na­ture to Steal Per­son­al Information

Attorney General Paxton today warned Texans of scammers attempting to use Attorney General Paxton’s name, signature, and the Office of the Attorney General seal to get their personal data.  

September 08, 2022 | Press Release

Pax­ton Signs Women’s Bill of Rights to Affirm Basic Bio­log­i­cal Truths and Fight Back Against the Left’s Attempts to Rede­fine the Term Woman”

Attorney General Paxton has signed on as a supporter of the Women’s Bill of Rights, a document developed by the Independent Women’s Voice urging codification of the common sense and reality-based definition of a woman.

September 07, 2022 | Press Release

Pax­ton Announces $439 Mil­lion Mul­ti­state Set­tle­ment With JUUL for Decep­tive Mar­ket­ing and Sales Prac­tices; Texas to Recov­er $42.8 Million

Attorney General Paxton has secured a $438.5 million agreement in principle between JUUL Labs and 34 states and territories, resolving a two-year bipartisan investigation into the e-cigarette manufacturer’s marketing and sales practices.

September 06, 2022 | Press Release

Jury Sides with AG Paxton’s Law Enforce­ment Defense Divi­sion Team in Case Con­cern­ing Texas Depart­ment of Crim­i­nal Jus­tice Officers

In the case of Bourne v. Gunnels, et al., in the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division, a jury returned a verdict in favor of six Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) officers defended by Attorney General Paxton’s Law Enforcement Defense Division (LEDD) team.

September 02, 2022 | Press Release

AG Pax­ton Joins Ami­cus Brief to Pro­tect Amer­i­can Ser­vice Mem­bers’ Reli­gious Free­dom from Biden’s Uncon­sti­tu­tion­al Vac­cine Mandate

Attorney General Paxton has joined a Mississippi-led amicus brief in the New Orleans-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to prevent American service members from being forced to take a vaccine that goes against their religious beliefs.

September 02, 2022 | Press Release

Pax­ton Sends Let­ter to Morn­ingstar and Sus­tain­a­lyt­ics Con­cern­ing Ram­pant Anti-Israel Bias and Lib­er­al Cor­po­rate Activism

Attorney General Paxton signed a multistate letter led by Kentucky and West Virginia and addressed to Morningstar, complaining of the egregious anti-Israel bias of its subsidiary, Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) ratings firm Sustainalytics.

August 30, 2022 | Press Release

Paxton’s Med­ic­aid Fraud Con­trol Unit Helps Secure Indict­ment Against Two Indi­vid­u­als Accused of $6.9 Mil­lion Med­ic­aid Fraud and Kick­back Scheme

An investigation by the Texas Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, the FBI, Department of Health and Human Services - Office of the Inspector General, and Customs and Border Protection has led to charges being brought against two Houstonians for their role in a nearly $6.9 million Medicaid fraud and kickback scheme.

August 29, 2022 | Press Release

Pax­ton Defeats Biden Administration’s Oil and Gas Leas­ing Mora­to­ri­um on Pub­lic Lands, Mark­ing Major Win for Amer­i­can Energy

A federal judge in Louisiana sided with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and 12 other plaintiff states in a Louisiana-led lawsuit, issuing a permanent injunction against the Biden Administration’s illegal moratorium on oil and gas leasing on federal public lands and offshore waters.

August 29, 2022 | Press Release

Pax­ton Secures Vic­to­ry Against Biden Admin­is­tra­tion, Blocks HHS from Forc­ing Health­care Providers to Per­form Abor­tions in Texas

Attorney General Paxton released the following statement after a federal judge sided with the Texas Attorney General and issued an injunction to stop the Biden Administration from using the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) to force Texas hospitals and doctors to perform abortions:

August 24, 2022 | Press Release