Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Appeals Flawed Injunc­tion and Con­tin­ues to Order That the Ten Com­mand­ments Be Dis­played in Texas Schools

Attorney General Ken Paxton is continuing to lead the effort to ensure that the Ten Commandments are displayed in Texas schools in accordance with state law.

September 04, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Pax­ton Sues Big Tech Com­pa­ny for Cat­a­stroph­ic Data Breach That Com­pro­mised the Per­son­al Infor­ma­tion of Over 880,000 Texas School-Aged Chil­dren and Teachers

Attorney General Ken Paxton filed suit against PowerSchool, a California-based provider of cloud-based services for K-12 schools, after an unprecedented data breach exposed the sensitive personal identifying information and protected health information of more than 880,000 Texas school-aged children and teachers.

September 03, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Encour­ages Texas Schools to Begin Legal Process of Putting Prayer Back in the Class­room and Rec­om­mends the Lord’s Prayer for Students

Attorney General Ken Paxton encourages all Texas schools to implement dedicated time for prayer and the reading of scripture, following the enactment of Senate Bill 11 on September 1, 2025.

September 02, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Secures $720 Mil­lion from Drug Man­u­fac­tur­ers for their Role in the Cat­a­stroph­ic Opi­oid Epidemic

Attorney General Ken Paxton secured a new opioid settlement worth $720 million with eight drug makers that manufactured opioid pills and worsened the nationwide opioid crisis.

August 29, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Announces Inves­ti­ga­tion and Demands Doc­u­ments from Plano ISD Fol­low­ing Anti­se­mit­ic Incidents

Attorney General Ken Paxton has launched an investigation into Plano Independent School District (“PISD”) for permitting and facilitating antisemitic behavior.

August 28, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Urges Texas Supreme Court to Reverse Flawed, Unprece­dent­ed Rul­ing Pro­tect­ing Beto O’Rourke

Attorney General Ken Paxton has made an emergency filing with the Texas Supreme Court following a deeply flawed and unprecedented decision by the newly formed Fifteenth Court of Appeals that puts a hold on a series of thoughtful orders from a trial court that restrained the fraudulent activities of repeat loser, Beto O’Rourke, and protects him from discovery and an upcoming temporary-injunction hearing.

August 27, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Slams Rad­i­cal Austin Judge for Keep­ing Dan­ger­ous Vagrant Shel­ter Open After Stab­bing as Stu­dents Return to Near­by Ele­men­tary School

Attorney General Ken Paxton condemned Travis County District Court Judge Aurora Martinez-Jones for refusing to hear the State's emergency request to shut down the Austin-based Sunrise Homeless Navigation Center, which operates next to an elementary school.

August 26, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Launch­es Inves­ti­ga­tion into Major Baby Food Man­u­fac­tur­ers for Sell­ing Prod­ucts Taint­ed with Dan­ger­ous Lev­els of Heavy Metals

Attorney General Ken Paxton has launched an investigation into major baby food manufacturers who have potentially violated the law by deceptively advertising and selling products that contain dangerous levels of heavy metals.

August 26, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Defeats Repeat Los­er Beto O’Rourke in Court for Third Time

Attorney General Ken Paxton has secured a third major victory over Robert Francis O’Rourke and his organization, Powered by People.  

August 25, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Instructs Texas Schools to Dis­play the Ten Com­mand­ments in Accor­dance with Texas Law

Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following statement directing all Texas Independent School Districts (ISDs) not enjoined by ongoing litigation to display copies of the Ten Commandments once Senate Bill 10 takes effect on September 1, 2025.

August 25, 2025 | Press Release