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Published on May 19, 2025 - 13:36 GMT

Attorney General Ken Paxton Announces Investigation into US Masters Swimming for Potential Violations of State Law

Attorney General Ken Paxton has launched an investigation into US Masters Swimming over potential violations of state law following reports that the organization allowed a male to compete in women’s events at the 2025 Spring Nationals swim meet held in San …

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Published on May 16, 2025 - 21:56 GMT

Attorney General Ken Paxton Stops Biden’s “Pronoun Police” Rule Attempting to Force Businesses to Adopt Toxic “Trans...

Attorney General Ken Paxton has successfully stopped an enforcement guidance issued under former President Joe Biden that sought to redefine the definition of “discrimination” to include self-professed “gender identity.” This unlawful rewrite of federal …

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Published on May 14, 2025 - 20:58 GMT

Attorney General Ken Paxton Reaches Agreement Requiring Travis County to Abide by the Texas Open Meetings Act and Other ...

Attorney General Ken Paxton has reached an agreed final judgment with the Travis County Commissioners Court, ensuring that they will comply with the Texas Open Meetings Act and other government transparency laws. “Government cannot be transparent if its …

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Published on May 13, 2025 - 13:41 GMT

Attorney General Ken Paxton Takes Action Against General Mills as Part of Investigation into the Company for Viola...

Attorney General Ken Paxton has sent General Mills, Inc. (“General Mills”) a Civil Investigative Demand (“CID”) as part of a new investigation into the food company for illegal misrepresentations of its food products as “healthy.” General Mills sells …

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Published on May 9, 2025 - 22:43 GMT

Attorney General Ken Paxton Secures Historic $1.375 Billion Settlement with Google Related to Texans’ Data Privacy ...

Attorney General Ken Paxton secured a $1.375 billion settlement in principle with Google, delivering a historic win for Texans’ data privacy and security rights and marking the highest recovery nationwide against Google for any attorney general’s …

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Published on May 9, 2025 - 17:49 GMT

Attorney General Ken Paxton Protects Texas Environment and Secures $60 Million Judgment Against Recycling Company Dump...

AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton has secured a judgment of more than $60 million against David Polston and his companies, Inland Environmental and Remediation, Inland Recycling, and Boundary Ventures, for illegally dumping pollutants in Texas waterways …

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Published on May 7, 2025 - 14:39 GMT

Attorney General Ken Paxton Announces Six Indictments and Arrests in Frio County for Illegal Vote Harvesting Scheme

Attorney General Ken Paxton announced the indictments and arrests of six people, including several public officials, for election crimes related to a vote harvesting scheme in Frio County. “The people of Texas deserve fair and honest elections, not …

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Published on May 6, 2025 - 17:10 GMT

Attorney General Ken Paxton Resolves Lawsuit with Coppell ISD After Ensuring that Woke Critical Race Theory Will Not Be ...

Attorney General Ken Paxton has resolved a lawsuit against Coppell Independent School District (“ISD”) after the ISD voluntarily took measures to ensure that unlawful critical race theory (“CRT”) will not be taught in its classrooms. In March 2025, …

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Published on May 6, 2025 - 14:51 GMT

Attorney General Ken Paxton Takes Legal Action Against Chinese Companies Violating Texans’ Privacy Rights

Attorney General Ken Paxton has put TP-Link, Alibaba, CapCut, and several other Chinese and Chinese Communist Party (“CCP”) aligned companies on notice that they are violating Texans’ privacy rights. Pursuant to the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act (“ …

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Published on May 5, 2025 - 19:26 GMT

Attorney General Ken Paxton Sends Letter to the U.S. Senate in Support of Confirming Ed Martin as U.S. Attorney for the ...

Attorney General Ken Paxton sent a multistate letter to U.S. Senate leaders in support of President Trump’s nomination of Ed Martin to serve as the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia. Ed Martin’s impressive qualifications and background, …

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Published on May 5, 2025 - 15:17 GMT

Attorney General Ken Paxton Takes Legal Action Against Austin ISD for Teaching Radical, Anti-American Critical Race The...

Attorney General Ken Paxton is taking legal action against Austin Independent School District (“ISD”) for violating state law by teaching woke critical race theory (“CRT”). The action was filed to begin the legal process of deposing the Superintendent and …

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Published on May 3, 2025 - 20:14 GMT

Attorney General Ken Paxton Celebrates School Choice for Texans and Vows to Defend New Law

Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following statement regarding Governor Abbott signing new school choice legislation into law: “Today, Texas parents and school children secured a major victory. This universal school choice bill is a historic step in …

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Published on May 2, 2025 - 16:56 GMT

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Secures Life Sentences for Child Sex Offender

GIDDINGS – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton successfully prosecuted a Lexington man for child sexual abuse crimes, securing two consecutive life sentences plus 20 years in prison and a $10,000 fine. Benjamin Earlie Thornton, 67, was found guilty of two …

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Published on May 1, 2025 - 14:56 GMT

Attorney General Ken Paxton Launches Investigations into Companies for Illegally Marketing Toothpaste Products Con...

Attorney General Ken Paxton has sent Civil Investigative Demands (“CIDs”) to Colgate-Palmolive Company (“Colgate”) and Proctor & Gamble Manufacturing Co. (“Proctor & Gamble”)—which advertises and sells “Crest” branded fluoride toothpaste—for …

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Published on April 29, 2025 - 14:48 GMT

Attorney General Ken Paxton Issues Statement on President Donald Trump’s First 100 Days in Office

Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following statement on President Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office. “In his first 100 days, President Donald Trump has set the new standard for bold, effective leadership. He has secured our borders, …

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Published on April 24, 2025 - 01:09 GMT

Man Executed for Murdering Young Mother After Attorney General Ken Paxton Successfully Defended Death Sentence

The State of Texas has executed a man who assaulted and murdered a young mother after Attorney General Ken Paxton successfully defended the application of the death sentence. In 2004, Moises Sandoval Mendoza violently killed Rachelle O’Neil Tolleson, a 20- …

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Published on April 23, 2025 - 15:55 GMT

Attorney General Ken Paxton Demands Documents from Plano ISD Related to Investigation into EPIC City

Attorney General Ken Paxton is demanding documents from Plano Independent School District (“ISD”) officials after being made aware of potential connections between school board members and East Plano Islamic Center (“EPIC”), which is affiliated with EPIC …

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Published on April 21, 2025 - 16:50 GMT

Attorney General Ken Paxton Defends Texans’ Privacy Amid 23andMe Bankruptcy and Provides Information on How Consumers ...

Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a motion to appoint a Consumer Privacy Ombudsman in the 23andMe bankruptcy case to ensure that the highly sensitive personal and genetic information of Texans is safeguarded throughout the bankruptcy proceedings. “The …

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Published on April 17, 2025 - 20:34 GMT

Attorney General Ken Paxton Sues City of Dallas for Banning Guns on Public Property in Violation of Texas Law

Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed two lawsuits against the City of Dallas for banning lawful license holders from carrying handguns into Fair Park’s Music Hall and The Majestic Theatre in blatant violation of Texas law. The City of Dallas Office of …

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Published on April 15, 2025 - 15:30 GMT

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

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 …

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