Attorney General Ken Paxton Updates Election Lawsuits After Unlawful Voter Registration Program Sent Application to Resident Deceased for Decades
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed supplemental motions in ongoing lawsuits against Travis County and Bexar County regarding unlawful voter registration programs after discovering that a resident deceased since 1980 received a voter registration application urging the deceased recipient to register.
Attorney General Ken Paxton Files Appeal to Prevent Unlawful State Fair of Texas Firearms Ban From Taking Effect
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed an appeal with the 15th Court of Appeals, asking the court to prevent the City of Dallas and the State Fair of Texas from imposing a firearms ban on government-owned property in violation of Texas law.
Attorney General Ken Paxton Sues Biden Administration Over Attempt to Undermine Texas Oil and Gas Industries by Weaponizing Environmental Law
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the U.S. Department of the Interior, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Biden Administration officials for unlawfully classifying the dunes sagebrush lizard as an endangered species in violation of the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”).
Attorney General Ken Paxton Sues Harris County to Stop New Unlawful “Guaranteed Income” Scheme That Violates Texas Supreme Court’s Previous Ruling
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the Harris County Commissioners Court for attempting to restart its unlawful “guaranteed income” program despite being ordered to halt all similar cash disbursements in a virtually identical case.
Attorney General Ken Paxton Announces Milestone as NCP Choices Program Surpasses $1 Billion in Child Support Collections
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that an OAG Child Support program designed to support career development for noncustodial parents known as the NCP Choices Program has surpassed the $1 billion mark in child support collections from program participants.
Attorney General Ken Paxton Reaches Settlement in First-of-its-Kind Healthcare Generative AI Investigation
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton secured a first-of-its-kind settlement with a Dallas-based artificial intelligence healthcare technology company called Pieces Technologies.
Attorney General Ken Paxton Urges Texas Secretary of State to Request Citizenship Data From Biden Administration To Identify Potentially Ineligible Voters Before 2024 Election
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton urged Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson to request citizenship data from the federal government that would enable Texas to determine the citizenship status of certain registered voters for whom the state cannot verify eligibility to vote.
Attorney General Ken Paxton Appeals Dismissal of Lawsuit Challenging Bexar County’s Unsolicited Voter Registration Form Mailout Program
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a notice of appeal to continue an Office of the Attorney General (“OAG”) lawsuit challenging a Bexar County program that unlawfully mailed thousands of unsolicited voter registration applications to unverified recipients.
Attorney General Ken Paxton’s Criminal Prosecutions Division Secures 40-Year Sentence for Death of 5‑Month-Old
Danielle Ivy Dechert, 27, pleaded guilty in the 33rd Judicial District Court of Blanco County, Texas, on August 30, 2024, to Injury to a Child – Recklessly Causing Death/Serious Bodily Injury and was sentenced to 40 years in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Texas Attorney General’s Office Secures 30-Year Prison Sentence In Child Sexual Abuse Case
A Tulia man has been sentenced to 30 years in the Institutional Division of Texas Department of Corrections for child sexual abuse violations in Swisher County, Texas.