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Texas AG secures administrative stay preventing destruction of border barriers
AUSTIN – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has secured an administrative stay that will prevent the federal government from destroying Texas’s concertina wire fencing along the United States-Mexico border while the case continues to work its way through the courts, a press release states. -
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announces The Fights for Christian Baker Who Faces Another Totalitarian Attack on His Religious Beliefs
Attorney General Paxton filed a multistate amicus brief in the Colorado Supreme Court to defend Jack Phillips, who runs the Masterpiece Cakeshop, after he was wrongfully brought to court again for allegedly violating Colorado’s anti-discrimination law. Phillips has now spent the past decade defending his First Amendment rights. -
Attorney General of Texas announces Attorney General Paxton’s Law Enforcement Round-Up: February 1 – 15, 2023
Attorney General of Texas announces Attorney General Paxton’s Law Enforcement Round-Up: February 1 – 15, 2023. -
Attorney General of Texas announces Paxton Combats D.C. Government’s Effort to Impose Radical Environmental Agenda
Attorney General Paxton filed an amicus brief to ward off current and future efforts by local and state governments to impose radical environmental policies through the court system. -
Paxton Secures Major Victory to Shut Down Texas Robocallers that Made Billions of Illegal Calls
Attorney General Paxton won judgments shutting down a massive robocall operation involving John Caldwell Spiller II and his business partner, Jakob Mears. -
Paxton Calls on Biden to Enforce Immigration Laws
Attorney General Ken Paxton testified before the Texas Senate Committee on Border Security to discuss the worsening border crisis and the Biden Administration’s routine violations of the Constitution by refusing to enforce our immigration laws. -
Paxton Joins Multistate Amicus to Protect the Religious Liberties of American Workers
Attorney General Paxton filed a multistate amicus brief in the United States Supreme Court, led by West Virginia and Louisiana, to protect the religious liberties of workers across America. -
Paxton Sends Letters to Pharmacies Regarding FDA’s Illegal Efforts to Encourage Companies to Mail Abortion Drugs
Attorney General Paxton joined a Missouri-led coalition in sending a letter to Rite Aid regarding the company’s plans to send abortion-inducing drugs through the mail. -
Paxton Criticizes EPA Over New Rule that Targets the Oil and Gas Industry
Attorney General Paxton sent a West Virginia-led comment letter to Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA) Administrator Michael Regan, urging the agency to drop a new rule that directly targets the oil and natural gas industry with crippling regulations. -
Paxton Sends Letter to FDA Criticizing Unlawful Changes that Put Women and Unborn Children in Danger from Abortion Drugs
Attorney General Paxton has joined a multistate letter sent to Commissioner Califf of the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) after the FDA made radical changes to its policy regarding specific abortion drugs. -
Paxton Reaches Settlement Worth Over Half a Million Dollars After Magellan Terminals Holdings Violated the Texas Clean Air Act
Attorney General Ken Paxton has reached a settlement with Magellan Terminals Holdings, L.P. over violations of the Texas Clean Air Act that resulted from a large fire at its bulk petroleum terminal in Corpus Christi, Texas. -
Paxton Announces Kristen House as Director of Communications
Attorney General Ken Paxton announced the appointment of Kristen House as Director of Communications for the Office of the Attorney General of Texas. -
Paxton Announces Multistate Settlement with CarMax Over the Disclosure of Safety Recalls
Attorney General Paxton has announced a nationwide multistate settlement for $1 million with CarMax Auto Superstores, Inc. after CarMax advertised that it performed thorough inspections and reconditioning but failed to check and disclose to consumers whether the vehicles were subject to open safety recalls. -
Paxton Demands that Apple and Google Raise TikTok’s Maturity Rating on Application Store Sites
Attorney General Paxton has joined a pair of Montana-led letters sent to Apple and Google demanding that the Big Tech companies increase the maturity rating of TikTok in their application stores. -
Paxton Leads Coalition to Defeat DACA After Biden Administration Attempts to Salvage the Illegal Immigration Policy
Attorney General Paxton is leading a coalition of states in pushing back against the Biden Administration’s attempts to save the illegal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (“DACA”) program. -
Office of the Attorney General Provides Update on the Two-Year Anniversary of the Disappearance of Jason Landry
Marks the second anniversary of Jason Landry’s disappearance. -
Paxton Challenges Corporate America’s Newest Tactic to Target American Citizens’ 2nd Amendment Rights
Paxton Challenges Corporate America’s Newest Tactic to Target American Citizens’ 2nd Amendment Rights. -
Paxton Joins Amicus Brief to Prevent Activist Judges from Drawing New Congressional Maps in Direct Violation of the U.S. Constitution
Paxton Joins Amicus Brief to Prevent Activist Judges from Drawing New Congressional Maps in Direct Violation of the U.S. Constitution. -
Attorney General Bonta Files Brief in Defense of Ventura County Policies to Protect Communities from Harmful Effects of Oil and Gas Drilling
Attorney General Bonta Files Brief in Defense of Ventura County Policies to Protect Communities from Harmful Effects of Oil and Gas Drilling. -
Paxton Joins Amicus Brief to Defend College Athletics and Prevent Disastrous Outcomes From New Federal Court Ruling on Title IX
Paxton Joins Amicus Brief to Defend College Athletics and Prevent Disastrous Outcomes From New Federal Court Ruling on Title IX.