Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton will continue to defend Texans' right to lawfully carry firearms on land owned or leased by governmental entities. This follows a ruling by the Texas Supreme Court that allows the City of Dallas to assist the State Fair of Texas in enforcing a firearms ban while litigation is ongoing.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against the City of Austin to stop the city from using public funds to cover expenses for women traveling out of state for abortions.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has called on Texas Senators Ted Cruz and John Cornyn to support bipartisan legislation aimed at addressing an IRS policy that complicates state child support programs. The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed the Strengthening State and Tribal Child Support Act, with similar legislation now pending in the Senate.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed an appeal with the 15th Court of Appeals, seeking to prevent the City of Dallas and the State Fair of Texas from enforcing a firearms ban on government-owned property. The appeal aims to address what Paxton describes as a violation of Texas law.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed supplemental motions in ongoing lawsuits against Travis County and Bexar County over unlawful voter registration programs. The move follows the discovery that a resident, deceased since 1980, received a voter registration application.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of the Interior, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Biden Administration officials. The lawsuit challenges the classification of the dunes sagebrush lizard as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against the Harris County Commissioners Court, alleging that the court is attempting to restart its "guaranteed income" program despite a previous order to halt similar cash disbursements.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has urged Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson to request citizenship data from the federal government. This move aims to help Texas determine the citizenship status of certain registered voters whose eligibility cannot be verified by the state.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that the NCP Choices Program, an initiative designed to support career development for noncustodial parents, has surpassed $1 billion in child support collections from participants. This milestone underscores the program's effectiveness in assisting noncustodial parents (NCP) with fulfilling their child support obligations through career development and improved job opportunities.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has reached an agreement with Pieces Technologies, a Dallas-based artificial intelligence healthcare technology company. The agreement addresses allegations that the company deployed its products in several Texas hospitals following false and misleading statements regarding their accuracy and safety.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a notice of appeal to continue an Office of the Attorney General (OAG) lawsuit challenging a Bexar County program that mailed thousands of unsolicited voter registration applications to unverified recipients.
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.
A Tulia man has been sentenced to 30 years in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Corrections for child sexual abuse violations in Swisher County, Texas.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued an advisory explaining the legal limitations and potential issues regarding unsolicited voter registration applications mailed by various entities across the state.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has initiated legal action against the Travis County Commissioners Court to halt what he describes as the unlawful use of taxpayer funds. The county, which includes the City of Austin, contracted a partisan third-party organization to identify potentially unregistered voters without statutory authority.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against the Bexar County Commissioners Court following their decision to implement a program that would distribute voter registration applications en masse to residents, regardless of their eligibility or whether they had requested such forms.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has issued a warning to the commissioners courts of Bexar and Harris counties regarding their proposed plans to mail voter registration forms to individuals without verifying their eligibility.
Texas, along with a bipartisan coalition of 29 other states, has reached a settlement ending the outstanding damages phase of an unclaimed property dispute before the U.S. Supreme Court. Texas and the other states will take possession of more than $190 million in unclaimed property.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued a legal advisory on election integrity and launched an email tipline ([email protected]) for the public to report suspected violations of Texas election law.
