Southeast Texas News

Recent News About Texas State Executive - Attorney General

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  Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Defeats Biden Administration’s Unlaw­ful DACA Pol­i­cy at the Fifth Cir­cuit, Secur­ing a Major Win for Texas and Bor­der Security

  By The SE Texas Record | Tuesday, Jan 21, 2025 @ 7:00am

  Attorney General Ken Paxton secured a major victory in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, which affirmed a district court’s ruling that the Biden Administration’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (“DACA”) policy is unlawful.

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  Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Con­tin­ues Law­suit Against Pfiz­er for Know­ing­ly Mis­rep­re­sent­ing the Effi­ca­cy of the COVID-19 Vaccine

  By The SE Texas Record | Wednesday, Jan 15, 2025 @ 12:00pm

  Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a notice of appeal to continue his lawsuit against Pfizer, Inc., for its unlawful misrepresentations concerning the COVID-19 vaccine after a district court dismissed the case.

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  Republican holds financial edge in Texas attorney general race

  By David Yates | Thursday, Aug 7, 2014 @ 4:45pm

  HOUSTON (Legal Newsline) – Heading into the finals months of the election cycle, Republican attorney general candidate Ken Paxton will have hundreds of thousands of dollars at his disposal.

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• Actavis to pay Texas $170M for Medicaid scam

  By Jessica M. Karmasek | Wednesday, Feb 2, 2011 @ 3:26am

  Abbott AUSTIN (Legal Newsline) -- A Travis County jury on Tuesday returned a record-setting $170 million verdict for damages, finding that Actavis Mid-Atlantic LLC misrepresented its drug prices to the taxpayer-funded Medicaid program.

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