Pax­ton Denounces Biden’s Uncon­sti­tu­tion­al Call for the Ban­ning of Cer­tain Firearms Used Every Day by Law-Abid­ing Americans

Attorney General Paxton has joined a Montana-led letter to President Biden condemning his unconstitutional decision to call for an “assault weapons” ban during his State of the Union Address.  

February 15, 2023 | Press Release

Pax­ton Files Motion Urg­ing Court to Halt New Biden Pro­gram that Invites Hun­dreds of Thou­sands of Aliens into the Coun­try Every Year

Attorney General Paxton has filed a motion for preliminary injunction against a new Biden Administration visa program that will invite hundreds of thousands of aliens from certain foreign countries to be “paroled” and let loose into the U.S. every year.

February 15, 2023 | Press Release

Pax­ton Sues Biden Admin­is­tra­tion to Pre­vent it from Block­ing Texas’s Man­age­ment of its Own Environment

Attorney General Paxton has filed a petition for review challenging an order by President Biden’s Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) that disapproves Texas’s state implementation plan (“SIP”), which was developed in coordination with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (“TCEQ”) to ensure that Texas complied with federal air quality standards.  

February 14, 2023 | Press Release

Pax­ton Con­demns Yelp for Dis­crim­i­nat­ing Against Cri­sis Preg­nan­cy Centers

Attorney General Paxton has sent a Kentucky-led letter to the CEO of Yelp condemning the company’s efforts to discriminate against crisis pregnancy centers.

February 14, 2023 | Press Release

Pax­ton Warns CVS and Wal­greens on the Ille­gal­i­ties of Send­ing Abor­tion Pills Through the Mail

Attorney General Paxton has joined two Missouri-led multistate letters being sent to CVS and Walgreens concerning their decision to seek approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) to use the mail to sell abortion pills.  

February 14, 2023 | Press Release

ICY­MI: Pax­ton Pub­lish­es Op-Ed on the Impor­tance of Attor­neys Gen­er­al Fight­ing Back Against the Biden Administration’s Lawlessness

Attorney General Paxton has published an Op-Ed in Newsweek detailing the important work that both he and other allied attorneys general are doing to defend our southern border and push back against the Biden Administration’s attempts to destroy American sovereignty.  

February 13, 2023 | Press Release

Inves­ti­ga­tion by Paxton’s Med­ic­aid Fraud Unit Helps Lead to Arrest of Nine Indi­vid­u­als Accused of Dis­trib­ut­ing 1.5 Mil­lion Opi­oid Pills

As a result of a joint investigation by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, the DEA, FBI, the US Postal Service-Office of Inspector General, and the US Postal Inspection Service, nine individuals have been arrested in Houston for the unlawful distribution of 1.5 million opioid pills and other controlled substances.

February 13, 2023 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Paxton’s Law Enforce­ment Round-Up: Jan­u­ary 1 – 152023

The law enforcement round-up is comprised of important arrests from the Fugitive Apprehension Unit.

February 10, 2023 | Press Release

Pax­ton Sues Biden Admin­is­tra­tion to Block Ille­gal Rule that Infringes on the Sec­ond Amend­ment Rights of Americans

Attorney General Paxton, along with a coalition of other plaintiffs, is suing the Biden Administration over a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (“ATF”) rule targeting pistol owners who use stabilizing braces.

February 09, 2023 | Press Release