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Published on May 12, 2023 - 14:02 GMT

Paxton and Normangee ISD Announce Settlement with UBS to Compensate School District Over State Pro-Energy Law

Attorney General Paxton and Normangee Independent School District (“Normangee ISD”) announced a settlement with UBS in the amount of $850,000. The settlement resulted from the company’s inability to underwrite Normangee ISD’s bonds under the terms of a …

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Published on May 11, 2023 - 16:07 GMT

Paxton Stands Up for the Autonomy of Religious Institutions

Attorney General Paxton filed a cert-stage amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court to protect the freedom of religious organizations and their ability to choose their own leadership. The Virginia-led amicus brief was filed after the New York-based U.S. …

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Published on May 10, 2023 - 16:17 GMT

Paxton Issues Statement on Catastrophic Illegal Immigration Surge Orchestrated by Biden Administration as Title 42 is ...

The Biden Administration’s effort to maximize illegal immigration to the United States will crush Texas with the costs, crime, and upheaval from yet another surge of unvetted foreign aliens entering our country as Title 42 expires on May 11. Attorney …

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Published on May 9, 2023 - 15:08 GMT

Paxton Secures Justice with Eight-Year Prison Sentence for Ambulance Owner Who Perpetrated $3.5 Million Fraud Scheme

Attorney General Paxton’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit secured a conviction against Floyd Eugene Dixon, owner of Ambu-Care Transportation, on the charges of first-degree felony theft and health care fraud. A Harris County District Court sentenced Dixon to …

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Published on May 8, 2023 - 16:25 GMT

Paxton Secures Major Victory After Suing Biden’s EPA to Protect Texas’s Environmental Management

In a case with wide-ranging consequences for the State of Texas, Attorney General Paxton successfully stopped the Biden Administration’s judge-shopping efforts and secured the stay of an Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) action that would have …

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Published on May 5, 2023 - 20:15 GMT

Attorney General Paxton’s Law Enforcement Round-Up: March 1 – 31, 2023

CHILD EXPLOITATION UNIT In Bexar County, Sebastian Emmanuel Cuevas was arrested on March 22 on five counts of possession of child pornography. This case was received as a National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (“NCMEC”) CyberTipline report …

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Published on May 5, 2023 - 16:14 GMT

Paxton Announces Investigation into Dell Children’s Medical Center for the Potentially Illegal Performance of Gender ...

Attorney General Paxton has announced an investigation into the Dell Children’s Medical Center to uncover whether “gender transitioning” procedures were unlawfully performed on minor children. “It is now alarmingly common for fringe activists to use …

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Published on May 5, 2023 - 14:32 GMT

Statement From Attorney General Ken Paxton on Recent Violence at Texas State Capitol

Attorney General Paxton released the following statement on the violence at the Texas State Capitol and the assault of a state trooper: “This week, a state trooper was assaulted in the Texas Capitol by an individual who participated in a demonstration by …

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Published on May 4, 2023 - 18:49 GMT

Paxton Announces Distribution of $141 Million to Customers of TurboTax That Were Misled into Paying for Tax Filing

Attorney General Paxton has announced that $141 million will be distributed to Intuit TurboTax customers who were misled into paying Intuit to file their federal tax returns. Approximately 4.4 million consumers nationwide will receive a payment, including …

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Published on May 3, 2023 - 18:22 GMT

Paxton Sends Letter to Congress to Prevent Federal Interference with State Criminal Justice Administration

Attorney General Paxton sent a letter to congressional leaders urging them to take action to prevent federal interference in state-level criminal justice systems. Federal public defender organizations have increasingly gone beyond their congressional …

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Published on May 3, 2023 - 16:02 GMT

Paxton Announces $1.4 Million Settlement with TotalEnergies Over Unlawful Pollution

Attorney General Paxton has secured a $1.4 million settlement in an environmental enforcement action against a Port Arthur refinery operated by TotalEnergies Petrochemicals & Refining USA, Inc. (“TotalEnergies”). “I’m pleased to announce this latest …

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Published on May 2, 2023 - 14:52 GMT

Deputy for Legal Strategy Aaron Reitz Departs Attorney General’s Office to Serve as U.S. Senator’s Chief of Staff

Aaron Reitz, who has held the role of Deputy Attorney General for Legal Strategy since the fall of 2020, is leaving the Office of the Attorney General to serve as Senator Ted Cruz’s Chief of Staff in Washington, D.C. As Deputy for Legal Strategy, Aaron has …

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Published on May 1, 2023 - 18:29 GMT

Paxton Launches Investigation into Gain-of-Function Research and Misrepresentations by Covid-19 Vaccine Manufacturers

Attorney General Paxton launched an investigation into the pharmaceutical companies Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson concerning whether they engaged in gain-of-function research and misled the public about doing so. Paxton is also investigating …

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Published on April 28, 2023 - 14:53 GMT

Investigation by Paxton’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit Leads to 60-Month Prison Sentence for Home Health Care Fraudster and ...

Attorney General Paxton’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit investigated and helped secure the conviction and sentencing of Joyce Agu, a Sugar Land resident, to 60 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Agu was convicted for …

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Published on April 27, 2023 - 22:18 GMT

Paxton 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. …

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Published on April 27, 2023 - 15:06 GMT

Paxton Files Supreme Court Amicus Brief to Protect States’ Sovereign Immunity

Attorney General Paxton joined a multistate cert-stage amicus brief with the United States Supreme Court to defend states’ sovereign immunity, which, among other protections, generally prevents individual states from being sued in the courts of other …

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Published on April 25, 2023 - 15:03 GMT

Paxton’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit Sends Two Nurses to Prison for Defrauding Medicare of Nearly $1.5 Million

Attorney General Paxton’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit secured a prison sentence for two Houston nurses who were paying kickbacks to marketers, patients, and a physician. “This successful investigation and prosecution by my office highlights our unwavering …

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Published on April 24, 2023 - 16:33 GMT

Paxton Fights to Uphold Constitutional Rights of Religious Institutions

Attorney General Paxton filed an amicus brief on behalf of College of the Ozarks, a religious institution under pressure from the Biden Administration to abandon its deeply-held religious beliefs to comply with the Administration’s radical definition of …

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Published on April 24, 2023 - 14:35 GMT

Paxton Emphasizes Title IX Legal Protections for Female Athletes

Attorney General Paxton joined an amicus brief to protect women’s sports from unfair and dangerous competition from biological men. The Tennessee-led brief, filed in the New York City-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, highlights the …

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Published on April 21, 2023 - 16:13 GMT

Paxton Issues Consumer Alert Warning Texans of Scammers Using the Attorney General’s Name to Steal Information

Attorney General Paxton issues this consumer alert to warn Texans of scammers who are using the Attorney General’s seal, name, and signature to steal consumers’ personal information. The scam is in the form of a letter that fraudulently uses the seal of …

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