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Harris Health seeks AG approval to pursue litigation against Juul, Altria Group
AUSTIN - The Harris Health System, previously known as the Harris County Hospital District, has submitted a contingent contract to the Office of the Attorney General for approval in order to pursue e-cigarette and vaping litigation. -
Notice of non-suit filed in redistricting suit against Harris County Commissioners Court
HOUSTON – Former Harris County Commissioner Steve Radack has voluntarily dismissed the lawsuit he filed against Harris County Commissioners Court alleging Commissioners Court violated the Open Meetings Act during county redistricting. -
Harris County Attorney Menefee secures victory in suit against cement facility
HOUSTON – Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee, along with the Attorney General of Texas, resolved an environmental enforcement action against Sesco Cement, Corp. for violations of state environmental laws at a cement packaging and distribution facility in East Harris County, a press release states. -
Harris County Attorney Menefee urges EPA action on ozone measures
HOUSTON — Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee advocated for residents and voiced concerns about Texas's noncompliance with ozone standards at a virtual public hearing with the Environmental Protection Agency regarding Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS), a press release states. -
Harris County attorney names new director of the Robert W. Hainsworth Law Library
HOUSTON - Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee has announced Joseph D. Lawson as the new Director of the Harris County Robert W. Hainsworth Law Library, a press release states. -
The Office of Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee opens applications for inaugural Summer Legal Academy
HOUSTON – The Office of Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee (HCAO) announces the launch of its first annual Summer Legal Academy (SLA), a legal training and educational program designed to expose high school students to the path to becoming an attorney, a press release states. -
AG Paxton secures $1.167 billion for Texas in global opioid agreement
MCKINNEY – Attorney General Paxton successfully secured $1.167 billion for Texas out of the $26 billion opioid agreement with the nation’s three major pharmaceutical distributors – Cardinal, McKesson, and AmerisourceBergen, a press release states. -
Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee wins court order temporarily banning enforcement of part of Texas voting law
HOUSTON — On Friday, a federal court in Texas issued a preliminary injunction in Longoria v. Paxton, a lawsuit in which Harris County Elections Administrator Isabel Longoria sued Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and other officials over the provision in Texas’s new voting law (SB1) that make it a crime for public officials or election officials to solicit people to apply to vote by mail, a press release states. -
Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee introduces first county database cataloguing Commissioners Court orders & county policies
HOUSTON - Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee today announced a new database that—for the first time in the County’s history—will organize and catalogue Commissioners Court orders and County policies and make those records readily viewable to the public, a press release states. -
Harris County Commissioners Court votes to temporarily pause suit against TxDOT’s I-45 expansion project
HOUSTON – At a special meeting of the Harris County Commissioners Court, the Court voted to direct Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee to negotiate a temporary stay of the county’s lawsuit against the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) over the North Houston Highway Improvement Project (NHHIP). -
Texas Supreme Court denies Abbott, Paxton injunction in Harris County mask mandate case
HOUSTON – Yesterday, the Supreme Court of Texas denied a petition for mandamus filed by Gov. Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton in Harris County’s lawsuit challenging the governor’s ban on mask mandates, allowing Harris County Elections Administrator Isabel Longoria to keep in place a policy stating election workers must wear masks in polling places during early voting. -
Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee and 80 elected attorneys and law enforcement leaders tell Supreme Court to block Texas abortion law in DOJ suit
HOUSTON — Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee and dozens of District Attorneys and former Attorneys General, U.S. Attorneys, and law enforcement leaders across the country filed a brief in the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday opposing the Texas abortion law. -
Houston attorney says Abbott’s executive order does not prohibit vaccine mandates
HOUSTON – Many Texas politicians are up in arms over Gov. Greg Abbott’s executive order prohibiting vaccine mandates by any entity. However, one Houston attorney says the order isn’t exactly stopping businesses from requiring the jab. -
Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee sends demand for documents to the Texas Secretary of State’s Office regarding its “audit” of the 2020 election
HOUSTON – Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee sent the Office of the Texas Secretary of State a demand for documents under the Texas Public Information Act regarding the SOS’s purported “forensic audit” of the November 2020 election in certain counties, including Harris County. -
Texas AG admits he cannot enforce governor’s mask mandate prohibition
HOUSTON – Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee, who has sued the Texas governor and attorney general over the ban on mask mandates, addressed Ken Paxton's statements that neither he nor Greg Abbott can enforce the prohibition of mask mandates (GA-38), a press release states. -
Texas Supreme Court rejects AG’s attempt to undo victory scored by Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee in mask mandate case
HOUSTON – Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee earned another victory for Harris County in its lawsuit challenging Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s prohibition on mask mandates. -
Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee files suit challenging the Texas governor’s COVID-19 executive order
HOUSTON – Today, the Harris County Attorney’s Office filed a lawsuit against Gov. Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton regarding GA-38, an Executive Order that attempts to stop local governments and officials from mandating masks, vaccines, and other measures to stop the spread of COVID-19. -
No nepotism issue for Harris County Attorney Menefee’s father-in-law to keep providing collection services, Texas AG finds
HOUSTON – It’s not a nepotism issue for Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee’s father-in-law to keep providing collection services for the county, according to an opinion issued by Attorney General Ken Paxton. -
Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee advocates for EPA to strengthen chemical disaster regulations after Trump rollbacks
HOUSTON – At a public comment session hosted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Thursday, Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee proposed reinstatement of chemical disaster rules rolled back by the Trump administration, and enhancing rules to address Harris County’s unique vulnerability to chemical disasters. -
Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee challenges Union Pacific’s plan to clean up contamination near 5th Ward cancer cluster
HOUSTON —The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality held a public meeting two nights ago on a proposed plan submitted by Union Pacific Railroad Company to clean-up an inactive creosote facility located at 4910 Liberty Road in Houston’s Fifth Ward.