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”).

September 23, 2024 | Press Release

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.

September 19, 2024 | Press Release

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.

September 18, 2024 | Press Release

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.

September 18, 2024 | Press Release

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.

September 18, 2024 | Press Release

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.

September 16, 2024 | Press Release

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.

September 16, 2024 | Press Release

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.

September 16, 2024 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Issues Advi­so­ry Cau­tion­ing Against Risks of Unso­licit­ed Vot­er Reg­is­tra­tion Applications

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued an advisory explaining the legal limitations and potential issues regarding unsolicited voter registration applications mailed by an array of entities across the state.

September 13, 2024 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Helps Defeat City of Dallas’s Attempt to Mis­lead Vot­ers and Under­mine Cit­i­zen-Led Pub­lic Safe­ty Char­ter Amendments

The Texas Supreme Court ruled against the City of Dallas’s attempt to unlawfully mislead voters regarding proposed city charter amendments. Attorney General Ken Paxton filed an amicus letter opposing the city’s actions.

September 12, 2024 | Press Release