Southeast Texas News

Recent News About Texas Attorney General

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  Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Defeats Biden-Era Rule that Unlaw­ful­ly Sought to Rewrite Fed­er­al Law and Threat­ened to Close Texas Nurs­ing Homes

  By The SE Texas Record | Wednesday, Apr 23, 2025 @ 1:43am

  Attorney General Ken Paxton successfully blocked a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) rule adopted by the Biden Administration that attempted to rewrite federal law and force expensive and onerous regulations on nursing homes, threatening to force many facilities in Texas to close.

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  BlackRock, other investment firms want bulk of Paxton lawsuit dismissed

  By Chris Dickerson | Tuesday, Mar 25, 2025 @ 2:00pm

  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.

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  Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Holds that State Dis­trict Courts Have No Author­i­ty to Order Texas Agen­cies to Issue ​“Trans­gen­der” Driver’s Licens­es and ID Documents

  By The SE Texas Record | Wednesday, Mar 19, 2025 @ 7:00am

  Attorney General Ken Paxton issued a legal opinion finding that state district courts do not have the authority to direct government agencies to change the sex on government-issued identification documents such as driver's licenses, birth certificates, and ID cards to something inconsistent with a person’s biology.

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  Paxton, other AGs push Trump to reverse BOEM rule

  By Chris Dickerson | Monday, Mar 3, 2025 @ 2:50pm

  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.

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