AG Pax­ton Files Brief Seek­ing to Pre­vent Vot­er Fraud Through the Unlaw­ful Expan­sion of Mail-In Voting

Attorney General Ken Paxton today filed a brief with the Court of Appeals for the Fourteenth Judicial District in Houston, defending the Texas Election Code requirements for submitting a mail-in ballot.

May 11, 2020 | Press Release

AG Pax­ton Will Fight to Keep Con­vict­ed Child Mur­der­er Rosa Jimenez in Jail While Her Case Pro­ceeds at the Fifth Circuit

Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that he will not drop the appeal in convicted child murderer Rosa Jimenez’s case which is currently pending at the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

May 08, 2020 | Press Release

AG Pax­ton Issues Let­ter to CDC Request­ing Review of Inter­im Guidance

The Office of the Attorney General sent a letter to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, asking it to revise its Interim Guidance for Administrators and Leaders of Community- and Faith-Based Organizations to Plan, Prepare, and Respond to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).

May 07, 2020 | Noteworthy

AG Pax­ton Issues Let­ter to Dal­las Coun­ty Judges in Defense of Out­raged Texans

 Attorney General Ken Paxton  today  sent a letter to a group of Dallas  County  judges who spoke out against his call to release Shelley Luther from jail for opening her salon to feed her family.

May 07, 2020 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Pax­ton Com­mends Texas Supreme Court for Order­ing the Release of Jailed Dal­las Salon Owner

Attorney General Ken Paxton  today  commended the Texas Supreme Court for issuing an order granting the release of salon owner Shelley Luther, who was jailed for opening her salon and working in order to feed her family and assist employees with providing for their own families.

May 07, 2020 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Pax­ton Applauds Gov­er­nor Abbott for Elim­i­nat­ing Con­fine­ment as Pun­ish­ment for Vio­lat­ing COVID-19 Exec­u­tive Orders

Attorney General Ken Paxton  today  commended Governor Greg Abbott for eliminating confinement as a punishment for violating his executive orders related to COVID-19.

May 07, 2020 | Press Release

CON­SUMER ALERT: AG Pax­ton Warns of Scam­mers Imper­son­at­ing Gov­ern­ment Entities

Attorney General Ken Paxton  today  warned Texans that scammers have been spotted posing as state agencies to solicit money from hardworking consumers.

May 07, 2020 | Press Release

AG Pax­ton Announces Coor­di­nat­ing Coun­cil Plan to Help Erad­i­cate Human Trafficking

Attorney General Ken Paxton  today announced that his office, leading the Human Trafficking Prevention Coordinating Council, released Phase I of a five-year strategic plan to halt and prevent human trafficking in Texas.

May 06, 2020 | Press Release

AG Pax­ton Calls for Imme­di­ate Release of Salon Own­er Unjust­ly Jailed for Work­ing to Feed Her Family

Attorney General Ken Paxton  today  sent a letter to a Dallas County judge, stating that he abused his authority by putting Shelley Luther, owner of a hair salon, in jail for opening her salon to feed her family. 

May 06, 2020 | Press Release

AG Pax­ton Leads Ami­cus Brief Sup­port­ing Chal­lenge to Unlaw­ful Actions by Office of Fed­er­al Con­tract Com­pli­ance Programs

Texas led a seven state coalition supporting a lawsuit brought by Oracle in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia challenging the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP).

May 05, 2020 | Noteworthy