AG Paxton: HHS Proposes Rule that Would Protect Healthcare Conscience Rights, and Undo Unlawful Obamacare Rule that Texas Successfully Challenged
The Trump administration opened the public comment period on its potential repeal of an unlawful Obama-era health care regulation that redefined sex discrimination to include gender identity and abortion.
AG Paxton to Congress: States Need Clear-Cut Authority to Enforce Their Criminal Laws Against Illegal Activity Online
Attorney General Ken Paxton, along with a bipartisan group of 46 fellow attorneys general, urged congressional leaders in Washington to amend the Communications Decency Act of 1996 to make certain that state and local authorities have the authority to investigate and prosecute criminal activity online.
AG Paxton: 6 Gas Stations Agree to Refund Customers for Hurricane Harvey Price Gouging
Attorney General Ken Paxton today announced that his Consumer Protection Division settled lawsuits against two Texas gas stations accused of price gouging during the declared disaster for Hurricane Harvey.
AG Paxton’s Child Exploitation Unit Arrests McLennan County Man for Possession of Child Pornography
Attorney General Ken Paxton today announced that the Child Exploitation Unit of his office arrested 53-year-old George Henry Gemmell, of Hewitt, Texas, on five counts of possession of child pornography, a third-degree felony.
AG Paxton Joins Coalition Urging CFPB to Restore States’ Authority to Protect Consumers
Attorney General Ken Paxton today joined a 12-state coalition – led by Indiana and Arkansas – in support of a proposal by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to rescind a 2017 CFPB rule and replace it with a new one governing small, short-term loans.
AG Paxton’s Office Asks Entire 5th Circuit to Allow Texas to Proceed with Defunding of Planned Parenthood
On behalf of Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office, Texas Solicitor General Kyle Hawkins presented oral arguments today before the entire U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, demonstrating that individual Medicaid recipients cannot use lawsuits to force taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood.