Southeast Texas News

Recent News About Texas Attorney General

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  Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Sues Tik­Tok For Decep­tive­ly Pro­mot­ing its App as Safe for Chil­dren Despite Pro­lif­er­a­tion of Inap­pro­pri­ate and Explic­it Content

  By The SE Texas Record | 3 months ago

  Attorney General Ken Paxton sued TikTok, one of the largest social media platforms, for deceptively marketing its app as safe for minors, despite regularly showing inappropriate and explicit material to children.

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  Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Appoints New Gov­ern­ment Rela­tions Director

  By The SE Texas Record | 3 months ago

  Attorney General Ken Paxton appointed George Lane as Director of Government Relations.

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  Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Appoints New Gov­ern­ment Rela­tions Director

  By The SE Texas Record | 3 months ago

  Attorney General Ken Paxton appointed George Lane as Director of Government Relations. Outgoing Government Relations Director Suzanna Hupp will remain with the OAG as Special Advisor to the Attorney General.

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  The Supreme Court of Texas Dis­miss­es Base­less Attempt by the Texas State Bar to Dis­ci­pline Lead­er­ship at the Office of the Attor­ney General

  By The SE Texas Record | 3 months ago

  The Supreme Court of Texas has dismissed the State Bar of Texas’s unlawful efforts to discipline First Assistant Attorney General Brent Webster, ending four years of lawfare. Attorney General Ken Paxton faces similar baseless allegations from the State Bar in a separate case.

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  Company wants $580K from Texas for stripping AG of power

  By John O'Brien | 3 months ago

  AUSTIN - While state Attorney General Ken Paxton appeals a ruling that blocks him from using longstanding investigative powers, the company he's fighting in court wants its attorneys fees paid.

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  Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Blocks Biden Admin­is­tra­tion from Dis­pos­ing of Wall Mate­ri­als Before Pres­i­dent Trump Takes Office

  By The SE Texas Record | 3 months ago

  Attorney General Ken Paxton secured a victory for President-elect Donald Trump’s border-security agenda during a hearing today before a federal judge.

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  Wells Far­go With­draws from Net-Zero Bank­ing Alliance Fol­low­ing Attor­ney Gen­er­al Paxton’s Review of Finan­cial Insti­tu­tions Boy­cotting Ener­gy Com­pa­nies; Pax­ton Urges Oth­er Major Insti­tu­tions to Rescind Unlaw­ful ESG Commitments

  By The SE Texas Record | 3 months ago

  Attorney General Ken Paxton applauded Wells Fargo’s announcement that it has withdrawn from the Net-Zero Banking Alliance (“NZBA”), an anti-energy activist organization that requires its members to prioritize a radical climate agenda over consumer and investor interests.

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  Office of the Attor­ney Gen­er­al Files Motion for a Pro­tec­tive Order Pre­vent­ing Con­vict­ed Child Mur­der­er from Tes­ti­fy­ing in Show Hear­ing at Texas Capitol

  By The SE Texas Record | 3 months ago

  The Office of the Attorney General filed a motion for a protective order to prevent a procedurally deficient and overly burdensome subpoena from enabling a convicted murderer to testify at a House Committee hearing.

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  Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Stops Sec­ond Har­ris Coun­ty ​“Guar­an­teed Income” Scheme, Pre­vent­ing Pub­lic Mon­ey from Being Unlaw­ful­ly Redistributed

  By The SE Texas Record | 4 months ago

  Attorney General Ken Paxton secured a stay preventing Harris County from restarting its unlawful “guaranteed income” program after the County made an attempt to sidestep a court order halting a similar program.

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  Private lawyers will take 14% from AG Paxton's PFAS lawsuit

  By John O'Brien | 4 months ago

  AUSTIN - Private lawyers who promise not to boycott Israel will make 14% of whatever the State of Texas makes from a new lawsuit over chemicals known as PFAS.

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  AG Paxton sues 3M, DuPont over PFAS for false advertising

  By John O'Brien | 4 months ago

  AUSTIN - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has hired private lawyers to push a new lawsuit against the makers of products that contain chemicals known as PFAS.

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  AG Paxton appeals after investigative powers stripped

  By John O'Brien | 4 months ago

  AUSTIN - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton will need an appeals court's help to preserve a longstanding law boosting his investigative powers that was recently found unfair to businesses.

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• Nation­wide Injunc­tion Blocks Uncon­sti­tu­tion­al Law That Imposed Mas­sive Costs on Small Businesses

  By The SE Texas Record | 4 months ago

  Attorney General Ken Paxton applauded a major victory for Texas small businesses as a federal judge granted a nationwide preliminary injunction against an unconstitutional federal law that would have imposed major costs on tens of millions of small businesses through illegal and burdensome regulations.

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  Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Defeats Biden-Har­ris Administration’s Attempt to Force Texas Health Enti­ties to Ille­gal­ly Pro­vide Minors with Con­tra­cep­tives With­out Parental Consent

  By The SE Texas Record | 4 months ago

  Attorney General Ken Paxton secured a major victory against the Biden-Harris Administration after suing the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) for unlawfully adopting a rule to nullify state laws that secure parents’ rights to consent to their children’s medical care.

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  Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Sues Black­Rock, State Street, and Van­guard for Ille­gal­ly Con­spir­ing to Manip­u­late Ener­gy Mar­kets, Dri­ving Up Costs for Consumers

  By The SE Texas Record | 4 months ago

  Attorney General Ken Paxton sued BlackRock, State Street Corporation, and Vanguard Group, three of the largest institutional investors in the world, for conspiring to artificially constrict the market for coal through anticompetitive trade practices.

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• Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Sues Austin Tax­pay­er-Fund­ed ​“Home­less Nav­i­ga­tion Cen­ter” for Facil­i­tat­ing Pub­lic Drug Use and Vio­lent Inci­dents Next to Ele­men­tary School

  By The SE Texas Record | 4 months ago

  Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the Austin-based Sunrise Homeless Navigation Center for operating as a common nuisance in violation of Texas law.

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  At SCO­TUS, Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Defends Texas Law Requir­ing Age Ver­i­fi­ca­tion Mea­sures for Pornog­ra­phy Sites; Dozens of States, Law­mak­ers, and Experts File Briefs In Support

  By The SE Texas Record | 4 months ago

  Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a brief with the Supreme Court of the United States (“SCOTUS”), asking it to uphold House Bill 1181, a Texas law requiring pornography companies to institute reasonable age-verification measures to safeguard children from obscene online material.

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  Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Paxton’s Crim­i­nal Jus­tice Divi­sion Secures Life Sen­tence for Cap­i­tal Mur­der in Midland

  By The SE Texas Record | 4 months ago

  A Midland County jury found Clinton Lee Young III guilty of capital murder for shooting Samuel Petrey in the head twice, in November 2001, at an oil lease site after carjacking him at gunpoint in Eastland, Texas.

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  Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Secures 30-Year Sen­tence for Tyler Coun­ty Man Con­vict­ed for Aggra­vat­ed Sex­u­al Assault of a Child

  By The SE Texas Record | 4 months ago

  Michael Clint Wallace, Jr. of Warren, Texas, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for the offense of Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child.

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  Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Sues Anoth­er Dal­las Doc­tor for Pre­scrib­ing Ille­gal ​“Gen­der Tran­si­tion” Drugs to More than a Dozen Texas Minors

  By The SE Texas Record | 5 months ago

  Attorney General Ken Paxton sued a second North Texas doctor for illegally providing “gender transition” drugs to more than a dozen children.

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