Texas Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Secures Life Sen­tences for Child Sex Offender

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton successfully prosecuted a Lexington man for child sexual abuse crimes, securing two consecutive life sentences plus 20 years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

May 02, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Launch­es Inves­ti­ga­tions into Com­pa­nies for Ille­gal­ly Mar­ket­ing Tooth­paste Prod­ucts Con­tain­ing Flu­o­ride to Kids

Attorney General Ken Paxton has sent Civil Investigative Demands (“CIDs”) to Colgate-Palmolive Company (“Colgate”) and Proctor & Gamble Manufacturing Co. (“Proctor & Gamble”)—which advertises and sells “Crest” branded fluoride toothpaste—for marketing toothpaste products to parents and children in ways that are misleading, deceptive, and dangerous.  

May 01, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Issues State­ment on Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump’s First 100 Days in Office

Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following statement on President Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office.

April 29, 2025 | Press Release

Man Exe­cut­ed for Mur­der­ing Young Moth­er After Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Suc­cess­ful­ly Defend­ed Death Sentence

The State of Texas has executed a man who assaulted and murdered a young mother after Attorney General Ken Paxton successfully defended the application of the death sentence.

April 23, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Demands Doc­u­ments from Plano ISD Relat­ed to Inves­ti­ga­tion into EPIC City

Attorney General Ken Paxton is demanding documents from Plano Independent School District (“ISD”) officials after being made aware of potential connections between school board members and East Plano Islamic Center (“EPIC”), which is affiliated with EPIC City.

April 23, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Defends Tex­ans’ Pri­va­cy Amid 23andMe Bank­rupt­cy and Pro­vides Infor­ma­tion on How Con­sumers Can Pro­tect Their Data

Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a motion to appoint a Consumer Privacy Ombudsman in the 23andMe bankruptcy case to ensure that the highly sensitive personal and genetic information of Texans is safeguarded throughout the bankruptcy proceedings. 

April 21, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Sues City of Dal­las for Ban­ning Guns on Pub­lic Prop­er­ty in Vio­la­tion of Texas Law

Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed two lawsuits against the City of Dallas for banning lawful license holders from carrying handguns into Fair Park’s Music Hall and The Majestic Theatre in blatant violation of Texas law.

April 17, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Defeats Biden-Era Rule that Unlaw­ful­ly Sought to Rewrite Fed­er­al Law and Threat­ened to Close Texas Nurs­ing Homes

Attorney General Ken Paxton successfully blocked a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) rule adopted by the Biden Administration that attempted to rewrite federal law and force expensive and onerous regulations on nursing homes, threatening to force many facilities in Texas to close.

April 15, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Expands Inves­ti­ga­tion into EPIC City by Demand­ing Doc­u­ments from Local Cities

Attorney General Ken Paxton is expanding his investigation into EPIC City, which is affiliated with East Plano Islamic Center (“EPIC”), by demanding documents from local city officials potentially tied to the real estate development.

April 14, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Secures Agree­ment with Dal­las ISD Ensur­ing that Employ­ees Will Not Allow Boys to Play in Girls’ Sports or Attempt to Cir­cum­vent the Law

Attorney General Ken Paxton and the Dallas Independent School District (“ISD”) have entered into an agreed order to ensure that the District is not violating Texas law by permitting biological males to participate in girls’ sports.

April 11, 2025 | Press Release