Inves­ti­ga­tion Into Act­Blue By Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Uncov­ers Large Num­ber of Sus­pi­cious Dona­tions Made Through Obscured Iden­ti­ties and Untrace­able Means; OAG Demands FEC Action

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sent a Petition for Rulemaking to the Federal Election Commission (“FEC”) detailing how suspicious actors appear to be using ActBlue’s political fundraising platform to make a large number of straw political donations.

October 21, 2024 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Paxton’s Cold Case Unit Helps Solve Decade Old Homi­cide in Texarkana

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s Cold Case and Missing Persons Unit assisted the Texarkana Police Department in solving a 2014 homicide, leading to the arrest of 27-year-old Cameron Cheatham for the murder of Xavier Rollins.

October 18, 2024 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Rec­og­nizes Octo­ber as Nation­al Domes­tic Vio­lence Aware­ness Month

For the tenth consecutive year, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and the Office of the Attorney General (“OAG”) employees will participate in “Go Purple Day” during Domestic Violence Awareness Month. On Thursday, October 17, OAG employees wear purple to symbolize solidarity with survivors, raising awareness against domestic violence.

October 17, 2024 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Sues Doc­tor for Ille­gal­ly Pro­vid­ing Harm­ful Gen­der Tran­si­tion” Treat­ments to Near­ly Two Dozen Texas Children

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued a North Texas doctor for blatantly violating Texas law by providing prohibited “gender transition” treatments to nearly two dozen minors.

October 17, 2024 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Takes Action To Stop Biden-Har­ris Administration’s Unlaw­ful Rule Tar­get­ing Gas Stoves and Ovens

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton joined a multistate lawsuit against the Biden-Harris Administration, suing the U.S. Department of Energy (“DOE”) in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit over a final rule that unlawfully imposes burdensome regulatory requirements on conventional stoves and ovens.

October 16, 2024 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Sends Mul­ti­state Let­ter to Biden-Har­ris Admin­is­tra­tion Demand­ing Com­pli­ance with Fed­er­al Law to Stop Nonci­t­i­zens from Voting

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sent a letter along with fifteen other attorneys general demanding that U.S. Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas fulfill his legal duty to work with States to verify citizenship information for registered voters.

October 16, 2024 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Secures Major Win; Texas Elec­tion Integri­ty Law Ban­ning Vote Har­vest­ing Schemes Will Remain in Effect for Novem­ber Elections

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton secured a stay from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, enabling a key provision of Senate Bill 1, a Texas election integrity law, to remain in effect for the November 5, 2024, elections.

October 16, 2024 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Releas­es State­ment on Amend­ed Elec­tion Advi­so­ry from Texas Sec­re­tary of State

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton released the following statement on amended election advisory from Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson.

October 11, 2024 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Releas­es State­ment On Texas DACA Chal­lenge Argued Today In Fifth Circuit

Attorney General Ken Paxton released the following statement on Texas's challenge against Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals ("DACA") argued today in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

October 10, 2024 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Reach­es $3.5 Mil­lion Set­tle­ment Fol­low­ing Inves­ti­ga­tion into Marriott’s Breach of Cus­tomers’ Data

Attorney General Ken Paxton has secured a settlement with Marriott International, Inc., that resolves an investigation into a breach of one of the company’s reservation databases.

October 09, 2024 | Press Release