Pax­ton Asks DirecTV to Renew Con­tract with One Amer­i­ca News Network

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sent a joint letter to DirecTV after it announced its plan to not renew its contract with One American News Network (OAN).

March 10, 2022 | Press Release

Texas Bor­der­lands | The Dan­ger­ous Life of Texas Ranch­ers — Ep.3

In episode three of Texas Borderlands, we hear from ranchers and landowners as they discuss the dangers that illegal immigration poses to their every day lives.

March 09, 2022 | Noteworthy

Pax­ton Files Law­suit Against Biden Admin­is­tra­tion in Defense of the Safe­ty and Well­be­ing of Texas Children

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton amended a lawsuit which was previously filed against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services regarding new guidance that empowers the federal government to withhold federal funding from state entities that do not adhere to their misinterpretation of the Affordable Care Act, the Rehabilitation Act, and the Americans with Disabilities Act.

March 09, 2022 | Press Release

AG Pax­ton Sends Let­ter to ALI Oppos­ing Revi­sions that Ben­e­fit Sex­u­al Predators

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton joined a multistate letter to the American Law Institute (ALI) objecting that their proposed amendments to the Model Penal Code (MPC) would weaken laws used to prosecute and prevent sex crimes.

March 09, 2022 | Press Release

AG Pax­ton Urges SCO­TUS to Uphold First Amend­ment Rights of Pub­lic Employees

Attorney General Paxton, together with Arizona, Alaska, and Florida, is leading a 27-state coalition urging the United States Supreme Court to reverse a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that failed to uphold the constitutional rights of a Bremerton High School football coach in Joseph A. Kennedy v. Bremerton School District.

March 08, 2022 | Press Release

AG Pax­ton Sup­ports Ami­cus Against Health and Human Ser­vices for Encour­ag­ing and Cov­er­ing Abor­tions Ille­gal­ly Using State Funding

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton joined a multistate amicus brief supporting Ohio in its Title X appeal against the Biden Administration, which encourages and funds abortions through the use of state funds.

March 04, 2022 | Press Release

City of Den­ton Repeals Mask Man­date After AG Pax­ton Lawsuit

Attorney General Paxton has announced that the City of Denton has rescinded its mask mandate and repealed all COVID ordinances, following Attorney General Paxton’s filing of a lawsuit against it for violating Governor Abbott’s Executive Order GA-38. 

March 04, 2022 | Press Release

AG Pax­ton Sues Biden Admin­is­tra­tion for Silenc­ing Par­ents, Label­ing Them Ter­ror­ists”

Attorney General Ken Paxton has joined Indiana in a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit to force the Biden Administration to release documents that will shed light on its labeling parents domestic terrorists for voicing their opinions at school board meetings across the country.

March 04, 2022 | Press Release

AG Pax­ton Sends Let­ter to Biden Admin­is­tra­tion to Rein­state the Trans­port of Liq­ue­fied Nat­ur­al Gas to Improve U.S. Ener­gy Independence

Attorney General Ken Paxton and 24 attorneys general sent a letter to the Biden Administration reiterating that the Proposed Rule suspending the transport of liquified natural gas (LNG) by rail will greatly impact the ability of the nation to achieve energy independence.

March 01, 2022 | Press Release

Pax­ton Defends SB8, Sav­ing Thou­sands of Lives in the Process

Attorney General Ken Paxton has fought off multiple challenges to Texas Senate Bill 8 (SB8), which has saved approximately 17,000 newborn lives since it went into effect on September 1, 2021

February 28, 2022 | Press Release