AG Pax­ton Joins Ami­cus Defend­ing Sep­a­ra­tion of Pow­ers and Urg­ing Court to Dis­miss Case Against Lt. Gen­er­al Michael Flynn

Texas joined an amicus brief led by Ohio that argues the district court in the Michael Flynn prosecution should grant the United States’s motion to dismiss the charges against Mr. Flynn.

May 18, 2020 | Noteworthy

AG Pax­ton Com­mends Texas Supreme Court for Stay­ing Mail-In Bal­lot Rul­ing and Allow­ing Con­tin­ued Pros­e­cu­tion of Elec­tion Fraud

Attorney General Ken Paxton today commended the Texas Supreme Court for allowing the continued prosecution of voter fraud and staying an incorrect ruling by the Houston Court of Appeals that would have prevented state officials from enforcing state law regarding mail-in ballots.

May 15, 2020 | Press Release

AG Pax­ton Asks Texas Supreme Court to Stay Order Expand­ing Mail-In Voting 

Attorney General Ken Paxton today asked the Texas Supreme Court to immediately stay an order by the Court of Appeals for the Fourteenth Judicial District, which reinstated a Travis County District Court order allowing anyone in Travis County to vote by mail using special protections intended to aid only those with true disabilities or sicknesses.

May 15, 2020 | Press Release

Court Awards Mil­lions for Tex­ans in Med­ic­aid Fraud Lawsuit

Attorney General Ken Paxton today announced that the Hon. Catherine Mauzy of the 126th Judicial District Court of Travis County has ruled Dr. Richard Malouf of ASDC Holdings, LLC responsible for 1,842 unlawful acts under the Texas Medicaid Fraud Prevention Act.

May 14, 2020 | Press Release

Texas COVID-19 Test Col­lec­tion Sites

The following map allows Texans to find the nearest COVID-19 test collection site.

May 14, 2020 | Noteworthy

AG Pax­ton Joins Ami­cus Brief Defend­ing State Sovereignty

Texas today joined a Tennessee-led amicus brief in support of Michigan’s petition for rehearing en banc from a Sixth Circuit panel decision that declared the Constitution affords a fundamental right to “basic minimum education” and places control of public schools in the hands of federal judges rather than local officials.

May 14, 2020 | Noteworthy

AG Pax­ton Asks Texas Supreme Court to Order Elec­tion Offi­cials Who Urged Vot­ers to Sub­mit Unlaw­ful Mail-in Bal­lot Appli­ca­tions to Fol­low Texas Law

Attorney General Ken Paxton  today  filed a petition with the Texas Supreme Court, requesting that the court compel the early-voting clerks for Dallas, Cameron, El Paso, Harris and Travis Counties to follow Texas law on mail-in ballots.

May 13, 2020 | Press Release

AG Pax­ton Warns Coun­ty Judges and Local Offi­cials on Unlaw­ful COVID-19 Orders

Attorney General Ken Paxton today issued letters to three Texas counties (Dallas, Bexar, and Travis) and two mayors (San Antonio and Austin), warning that some requirements in their local public health orders are unlawful and can confuse law-abiding citizens.

May 12, 2020 | Press Release

AG Pax­ton Joins Let­ter Urg­ing Con­gress to Pro­tect Busi­ness­es from Base­less Law­suits as the Econ­o­my Reopens

Attorney General Ken Paxton today joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general urging Congress to implement liability protections for businesses, manufacturers of personal protective equipment, first responders, healthcare workers, healthcare facilities, and members of law enforcement, among others.

May 12, 2020 | Press Release