AG Pax­ton Inves­ti­gates Tik­Tok for Poten­tial Facil­i­ta­tion of Human Traf­fick­ing & Child Pri­va­cy Violations

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has issued two Civil Investigative Demands (CIDs) to TikTok Inc.

February 18, 2022 | Press Release

AG Pax­ton Sends Let­ter to City of Den­ton, Demand­ing End of Mask Mandate

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sent a letter to the City of Denton demanding the end of a new policy requiring city employees to wear a mask in all common areas or suffer corrective action.

February 17, 2022 | Press Release

AG Pax­ton Sues Biden Over Ille­gal Air­line, Air­port Mask Mandate

Attorney General Ken Paxton, alongside the Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) on behalf of Congresswoman Beth Van Duyne, sued the Biden Administration for its illegal mask mandate for airlines and airports.

February 16, 2022 | Press Release

Pax­ton Secures $1.167 Bil­lion for Texas in Glob­al Opi­oid Agreement 

Attorney General Paxton successfully secured $1.167 billion for Texas out of the $26 billion opioid agreement with the nation’s three major pharmaceutical distributors – Cardinal, McKesson, and AmerisourceBergen.

February 16, 2022 | Press Release

Pax­ton Secures Vic­to­ry Against Biden’s Ille­gal Cli­mate Change Order

Texas Attorney General Paxton secured yet another victory against the Biden Administration, this time halting implementation of a climate change agenda handed down by executive order.

February 15, 2022 | Press Release

Pax­ton Sues Face­book for Using Unau­tho­rized Bio­met­ric Data

Attorney General Paxton has sued Facebook (now known as Meta) for capturing and using the biometric data of millions of Texans without properly obtaining their informed consent to do so, in violation of Texas law.

February 14, 2022 | Press Release

Pax­ton Sues Biden Admin for Uncon­sti­tu­tion­al, Ille­gal Min­i­mum Wage Hike for Fed­er­al Contractors

Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued the Biden Administration for unilaterally and unlawfully imposing an increase in the minimum wage for all federal contractors by executive order.

February 10, 2022 | Press Release

Pax­ton Files Pre­lim­i­nary Injunc­tion to Halt Unlaw­ful Vac­cine Man­date for Texas State Troops

Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a motion for a preliminary injunction seeking to halt the Biden Administration’s unlawful vaccine mandate imposed on the Texas Army National Guard and the Texas Air National Guard.

February 09, 2022 | Press Release

AG Pax­ton Inves­ti­gates GoFundMe for Shut­ting Down Fundrais­er and Tak­ing $10 Mil­lion from the Cana­di­an Trucker’s Free­dom Convoy

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued Civil Investigative Demands (CIDs) to GoFundMe Inc. to investigate potential violations of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act (DTPA).

February 09, 2022 | Press Release

Pax­ton Reach­es Anoth­er Opi­oid Set­tle­ment for Texas; $225 Mil­lion Against Teva

Attorney General Paxton has reached an opioid settlement of $225 million with Teva Pharmaceutical Industries. General Paxton has fought for Texans who have been impacted by the improper marketing of opioids manufactured by the pharmaceutical companies, which have caused the tragic deaths of several thousand people every year.

February 07, 2022 | Press Release