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Attorney General Ken Paxton Secures Injunction Ensuring Illegal Network of Houston-Area Abortion Clinics Remain Closed
Attorney General Ken Paxton secured a temporary injunction against Maria Margarita Rojas and her network of Houston-area clinics for unlawfully providing abortions and illegally practicing medicine without a license. -
Attorney General Ken Paxton Announces Investigation into Insurance Company for Illegally Spying on or Blackmailing Lawmakers, Journalists, and Private Citizens
Attorney General Ken Paxton has announced an investigation into Superior Insurance for allegedly using private investigators to perform surveillance and gather potentially confidential information on lawmakers, journalists, and private citizens with pending insurance claims against Superior. -
Attorney General Ken Paxton Defeats Biden-Era Rule that Attempted to Force Radical “Gender Identity” Ideology on Texas Foster Care System
Attorney General Ken Paxton has successfully stopped a Biden Administration rule forcing foster care providers to “affirm” radical “gender identity” ideology in violation of state and federal law. -
Attorney General Ken Paxton Successfully Closes Network of Houston-Area Abortion Clinics
Attorney General Ken Paxton secured a temporary restraining order against Maria Margarita Rojas and her network of Houston-area clinics for unlawfully providing abortions and illegally practicing medicine without a license. -
BlackRock, other investment firms want bulk of Paxton lawsuit dismissed
Three of the world’s largest institutional investment firms have filed a motion to dismiss most claims against them by Texas and nine other states for actions regarding the coal market. -
Attorney General Ken Paxton Defends Texas A&M’s Ban on Drag Shows Against Lawsuit from Left-Wing Group
Attorney General Ken Paxton is defending the Texas A&M Board of Regents’ (“Board”) decision to ban drag shows on the college system’s campuses. -
Attorney General Ken Paxton Secures $40 Million for Texas Following Medicaid Fraud Investigation of Molina Healthcare
Attorney General Ken Paxton’s Healthcare Program Enforcement Division has secured $40 million for the State of Texas by settling an enforcement action brought under the Texas Health Care Program Fraud Prevention Act (“THFPA”) against Molina Healthcare of Texas, Inc. and Molina Healthcare, Inc. (together, “Molina”). -
Attorney General Ken Paxton Works to Stop Unaccountable Federal Plan to Illegally Build a Nuclear Waste Facility on World’s Most Productive Oil Field
Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office defended Texas before the Supreme Court of the United States (“SCOTUS”) yesterday against the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s attempt to send the nation’s nuclear waste to a proposed facility located in Texas’s Permian Basin—the world’s most productive oil field. -
Paxton, other AGs push Trump to reverse BOEM rule
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has joined the AGs of Louisiana and Mississippi in asking the Trump administration to reverse policies of the former president they say harm the oil and gas industry. -
Attorney General Ken Paxton Slams Absurd “Dietary Guidelines” Pushed by a Committee Appointed During the Biden Administration
Attorney General Ken Paxton slammed the Scientific Report of the 2025 Dietary Guidelines that was published by an advisory committee comprised of individuals appointed during the Biden Administration. -
Attorney General Ken Paxton Demands NCAA Stop Allowing Biological Males to Compete in Women’s Sports After Intentionally Deceptive Policy Change
Attorney General Ken Paxton asked for a temporary injunction against the National Collegiate Athletic Association (“NCAA”) to protect women’s sports after an intentionally deceptive rule change falsely claimed to have prevented biological males from participating in female-specific competitions. -
Attorney General Ken Paxton Announces Investigation into DeepSeek and Notifies the Chinese AI Company of its Violation of Texas State Law
Attorney General Ken Paxton has announced an investigation into DeepSeek—a Chinese artificial intelligence (“AI”) company with ties to the Chinese Communist Party (“CCP”)—regarding the privacy practices of its AI platform and its claims that its AI model rivals the most advanced AI models in the world, including OpenAI’s Model o1. -
Attorney General Ken Paxton Stops Radical Abortionist from Unlawfully Supplying Dangerous Drugs to Kill Unborn Babies
Attorney General Ken Paxton has secured a $100,000 penalty and permanent injunction against New York-based Dr. Margaret Daley Carpenter for unlawfully providing abortion-inducing drugs to Texas residents in violation of state law. -
Attorney General Ken Paxton Issues Opinion Protecting High School Sports from Competitors Abusing Dangerous “Gender Transition” Drugs
Attorney General Ken Paxton issued an opinion detailing that an alleged “gender transition” is not a valid medical purpose for student-athletes to take steroids and that the University Interscholastic League (“UIL”) should prohibit students abusing such drugs from competitions. -
Attorney General Ken Paxton Demands Documents from Dallas and Irving School Districts to Ensure That No Boys Are Competing in Girls’ Sports
Attorney General Ken Paxton has requested an extensive list of documents from Dallas Independent School District (“ISD”) and Irving ISD to ensure that the districts are not allowing boys to compete in girls’ sports. -
Paxton joins fellow GOP AGs investigating Fauci’s COVID-19 response
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has joined a coalition of state attorneys general in an investigation into Dr. Anthony Fauci’s role in the COVID-19 pandemic response. -
Attorney General Ken Paxton Fights to Stop Taxpayer Funded “Gender Transition” Operations for Incarcerated Criminals
Attorney General Ken Paxton joined an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit to prevent a District Judge from mandating that taxpayers fund “gender transition” surgeries for inmates in a state prison. -
Attorney General Ken Paxton Congratulates Principal Deputy Solicitor General Lanora Pettit on Her New Role in President Trump’s Justice Department
Attorney General Ken Paxton congratulated Lanora Pettit on joining President Trump’s Administration as Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel at the Department of Justice. -
Class Action Litigator Tapped to Lead Shook’s Houston Office, Reports Texas Lawyer
Growing the Houston office and developing associates are two goals of Shook Partner Stephanie McGraw who was promoted to managing partner. -
Attorney General Ken Paxton Announces the End of the Texas State Bar’s Baseless and Politically Motivated Attempt to Punish Election Integrity Efforts
Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that the Texas State Bar has abandoned its long-running attempt to sanction Attorney General Paxton after four years of wasteful politically motivated lawfare.