Texas Attorney General
U.S. Government: Agencies/Departments/Divisions | Federal Agencies
Recent News About Texas Attorney General
-
Texas AG opinion: State not ‘liable’ for municipal pension shortfalls
AUSTIN – On Sept. 6 the Office of the Texas Attorney General issued an opinion finding that a court would likely conclude the state is not required to assume liability when a municipal retirement system is unable to meet its financial obligations. -
Texas AG office sues Waller County over courthouse gun ban
AUSTIN – Waller County faces a lawsuit from State Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office over its controversial courthouse gun ban. -
Texas AG sends transgender guidance letter to schools, ACLU responds
AUSTIN – On Aug. 25, Attorney General Ken Paxton issued a guidance letter to educational institutions in Texas regarding the nationwide injunction issued by a federal court that blocked enforcement of the federal guidance letter on transgender restrooms. Paxton’s letter explains that, in light of the injunction, no educational institution in Texas needs to change its policies regarding intimate facilities to comply with the unenforceable federal guidelines. -
Federal judge blocks Obama transgender student bathroom directive
AUSTIN - A federal judge has blocked the Obama administration's bathroom guidelines for transgender students. -
Still no ruling from federal judge on Texas request to block Obama administration guidelines over transgender student bathroom privileges
AUSTIN (SE Texas Record) – The school year in many state districts begins next week but the Texas Attorney General's office still awaits a federal judge's decision about their request to block the Obama administration's bathroom guidelines for transgender students. -
State of Texas challenges Equal Opportunity Employment Commission's enforcement guidance
AUSTIN -- The state of Texas has filed an appeal against the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission (EEOC), its chair, Jenny Yang, and United States Attorney General Loretta Lynch. The appeal was filed in the United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit on June 27. -
Companies accused of deceiving consumers with media subscriptions must pay $424,000
AUSTIN – A $424,000 judgment has been handed down in an alleged deceptive magazine and newspaper subscription practice case. -
Donor subject of Medicaid fraud probe gives to Paxton campaign for his legal defense
DALLAS – When Texas' embattled attorney general accepted a $100,000 gift from a businessman allegedly without knowing the donor faced allegations of Medicare and Medicaid fraud, it raised questions similar to those endured by another Southern attorney general this summer. -
NY AG announces 50-count indictment over allegedly forged Sandy damage reports, Mostyn Law partner takes credit on Twitter
NEW YORK – On Aug. 1 Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced the unsealing of a 50-count indictment charging Matthew Pappalardo and HiRise Engineering with allegedly altering engineering reports of structural damage caused to homes after Superstorm Sandy made landfall in October 2012. -
Ninth Court finds civil commitment of sexually violent predator constitutional, Texas AG calls ruling a victory
BEAUMONT - On July 29 the Ninth Court of Appeals reversed a trial court order declaring the statute mandating civil commitment of sexually violent predators unconstitutional, which released sexually violent predator Alonzo May from commitment. -
Unenforced Texas 'Any Willing Provider' statute hurts pharmacies, patients and community, industry spokesman says
The Texas Attorney General's recently released opinion that a two-decade-old statute can't be enforced is causing problems for more than just patients who can't use the pharmacy of their choice, a spokesman for an industry trade group said in a recent interview. -
Fifth Circuit ruling on EPA haze plan in Texas inspires differing reactions
There are very different reactions to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals' decision regarding the Texas Haze Plan. -
AG settles with alleged computer scammers, reports they collected millions from consumers
AUSTIN – Two tech companies who allegedly violated the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act with deceptive consumer practices and purportedly took millions from consumers across the nation have agreed to a settlement, according to a judgment handed down earlier this month. -
Texas attorney general warns about scammers trying to capitalize on Dallas shootings
AUSTIN – Scammers take a ghoulish interested in tragedies, which has prompted Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to warn state consumers to be cautious about charitable appeals in the wake of the police shootings in Dallas. -
Fifth Circuit finds Texas voter ID law discriminatory
AUSTIN – On July 20 the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals found Texas’s photo ID law, seen as one of the strictest in the nation, in violation of federal laws prohibiting discrimination. -
Paxton asks congressional leaders to stop agency overreach
AUSTIN — Attorney General Ken Paxton and a coalition of 14 other state attorneys general in asking Congress to rein in federal agencies that create and enforce regulations. -
Received an email from the attorney general? It's likely a scam
AUSTIN - Businesses are being targeted by a scammer alleging to be with the Office of the Attorney General in Texas, according to Attorney General Ken Paxton. -
Exxon fights probe into its knowledge of climate change
An intense legal battle is being fought between several states’ Democratic attorneys general and Exxon over an attempt to investigate allegations ExxonMobil was complicit or responsible for fraudulently alleging to be unaware of the ramifications of climate change. -
Texas attorney general leads 13-state challenge of federal unisex access rule
AUSTIN – The Texas attorney general is leading a 13-state coalition in a bid to resist an Obama administration directive that would effectively require all public schools and businesses to open up all intimate areas – rest rooms, locker rooms, showers, etc. – to both sexes. -
Texas AG Issues Nonbinding Opinion over FW school transgender-inclusive guidelines
FORT WORTH—Fort Worth schools are coming under attack after Attorney General Ken Paxton issued a nonbinding opinion that the Fort Worth Independent School District’s (ISD) transgender-inclusive policy violates a state law.