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Published on November 21, 2024 - 14:50 GMT

Attorney General Ken Paxton Sues the City of Dallas for Ballot Measure Prohibiting Police from Enforcing Marijuana-...

Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the City of Dallas and local officials for adopting a city charter amendment that would illegally decriminalize marijuana-related offenses and prohibit police from enforcing Texas law. Earlier this month, the City of …

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Published on November 19, 2024 - 19:54 GMT

Attorney General Ken Paxton Recognizes November as National Adoption Month; Highlights OAG “Support Adoption” Grant ...

In recognition of National Adoption Month, Attorney General Ken Paxton encourages Texans to purchase the “Support Adoption” license plate that funds the “Support Adoption” Grant Program administered by the Office of the Attorney General. Instituted in …

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Published on November 18, 2024 - 21:10 GMT

Attorney General Ken Paxton Stops Biden-Harris Administration’s Attempt to Revive Obama-Era Regulation That Illegally ...

Attorney General Ken Paxton blocked the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) from instituting a regulation that would have restructured overtime requirements in violation of federal law. The Fair Labor Standards Act requires employers to pay overtime …

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Published on November 18, 2024 - 19:39 GMT

Attorney General Ken Paxton Secures Win At Texas Supreme Court, Shutting Down Attempt to Derail Court-Ordered Execution of ...

Attorney General Ken Paxton successfully stopped an attempt by activists and a handful of State legislators to create a precedent allowing for a legislative committee to delay an execution, settling a critical Constitutional question and ensuring justice …

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Published on November 14, 2024 - 22:57 GMT

Attorney General Ken Paxton and Other State AGs Demand Formal End To Baseless Prosecutions Targeting President Trump ...

Attorney General Ken Paxton and a multistate coalition of Attorneys General called on New York Attorney General Letitia James, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, and Special Prosecutor Jack Smith to end their unfounded prosecutions targeting …

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Published on November 14, 2024 - 22:04 GMT

Attorney General Ken Paxton Secures $83 Million Settlement for Texas, Holding Kroger Accountable for Role in Opioid ...

Attorney General Ken Paxton announced an $83 million statewide opioid settlement with Kroger to resolve claims by the State of Texas and its Political Subdivisions for practices that contributed to the opioid epidemic in Texas. The settlement is the …

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Published on November 11, 2024 - 22:06 GMT

Attorney General Ken Paxton Sues Biden-Harris DOJ to Prevent Destruction of Jack Smith’s Records Detailing Lawfare ...

Attorney General Ken Paxton sued U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland and the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) to prevent potential destruction of any records from Jack Smith’s corrupt investigation into President Donald Trump. On November 8, Attorney …

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Published on November 11, 2024 - 14:58 GMT

Attorney General Ken Paxton Files 100th Lawsuit Against Biden-Harris Administration

Attorney General Ken Paxton filed Texas’s 100th lawsuit against the Biden-Harris Administration, an historic milestone demonstrating the extent of the federal government’s abuses of power under the current leadership. “For the past four years, the Biden- …

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Published on November 8, 2024 - 18:38 GMT

Attorney General Ken Paxton Demands Jack Smith’s Records After Illegal Weaponization of Justice System Against President ...

Attorney General Paxton made a Freedom of Information Act Request to the Department of Justice requesting records relating to Jack Smith’s corrupt investigation into President Trump. Attorney General Paxton said, “Past Special Counsels, including— …

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Published on November 8, 2024 - 16:53 GMT

Attorney General Ken Paxton Sues Another Dallas Doctor for Prescribing Illegal “Gender Transition” Drugs to More ...

Attorney General Ken Paxton sued a second North Texas doctor for illegally providing “gender transition” drugs to more than a dozen children. This is the third action Attorney General Paxton has taken to enforce Senate Bill 14, which prohibits doctors …

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Published on November 8, 2024 - 15:05 GMT

Attorney General Ken Paxton Wins Major Victory, Blocking Biden-Harris Administration’s Unlawful “Parole in Place” Policy

Attorney General Ken Paxton secured a final judgment permanently blocking the Biden-Harris Administration’s unlawful “parole in place” policy that would have provided a path to citizenship for over a million illegal aliens who have not satisfied the clear …

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Published on November 5, 2024 - 14:31 GMT

Attorney General Ken Paxton Secures Major Victory Preventing Biden-Harris Administration From Unlawfully Sending ...

The U.S. Department of Justice agreed last night not to enter Texas polling and central count locations or otherwise interfere with the administration of Texas elections just hours after Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the DOJ over its announcement that …

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Published on November 5, 2024 - 00:25 GMT

Attorney General Ken Paxton Sues Biden-Harris Administration for Unlawfully Using DOJ Personnel to Target Texas ...

Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the Biden-Harris Administration and the U.S. Department of Justice for dispatching federal agents to “monitor” Texas elections without any legal authority and in violation of State law. On November 1, just four days before …

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Published on November 4, 2024 - 21:50 GMT

Attorney General Ken Paxton Files Amicus Brief Supporting President Trump, Arguing Special Prosecutor Jack Smith Was ...

Attorney General Ken Paxton filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit supporting President Donald Trump’s claims that special prosecutor Jack Smith was illegally appointed by the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”). The …

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Published on November 4, 2024 - 20:54 GMT

Attorney General Ken Paxton Deploys Election Day Rapid Response Legal Team

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has deployed an Election Day Rapid Response Legal Team in major counties throughout the State to monitor day-of election activity and address litigation arising from the election, as necessary. The Election Day Rapid …

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Published on October 30, 2024 - 17:24 GMT

SCOTUS Allows Virginia to Remove Noncitizens From Voter Rolls Before Election; Attorney General Paxton and Multistate ...

Virginia may remove non-citizens from its voter rolls after the U.S. Supreme Court granted a stay of a lower court’s injunction. Attorney General Ken Paxton joined attorneys general from 25 States to file an amicus brief supporting Virginia’s authority to …

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Published on October 30, 2024 - 14:28 GMT

Attorney General Ken Paxton Sues El Paso Doctor for Prescribing Dangerous “Gender Transition” Drugs to Children in ...

Attorney General Ken Paxton sued an El Paso doctor for illegally providing “gender transition” treatments to Texas children. In some cases, the patients were as young as twelve. Senate Bill 14, a Texas law that took effect in September 2023 and was upheld …

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Published on October 29, 2024 - 22:43 GMT

Attorney General Ken Paxton Announces Indictments Against Participants In “Pay-To-Pass” Scheme to Fraudulently Obtain ...

A grand jury in Harris County has issued indictments against five individuals involved in a scheme to help unqualified individuals fraudulently obtain Texas teacher certifications. The operation enabled aspiring teachers, who could not pass the Texas …

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Published on October 29, 2024 - 20:08 GMT

Attorney General Paxton Calls for Jeff Leach’s Resignation; Announces Criminal Referral After Leach Confessed to Unlaw...

On Friday, the Office of the Attorney General was notified by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals that State Representative Jeff Leach sent unethical “ex parte” communications to a sitting Judge on the Court of Criminal Appeals. In those messages, Leach …

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Published on October 29, 2024 - 17:16 GMT

Attorney General Ken Paxton Sues Biden-Harris Administration Over Unlawful Weaponization of Environmental Law

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the U.S. Department of the Interior, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (“Service”), and Biden-Harris Administration officials over the unlawful listing of seven freshwater mussel species under the Endangered Species …

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