Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Issues CID as Part of an Ongo­ing Inves­ti­ga­tion into Real Estate Devel­op­ment Tied to East Plano Islam­ic Center

Attorney General Ken Paxton issued a Civil Investigative Demand (“CID”) to Community Capital Partners, LP (“CCP”) as part of an ongoing investigation into CCP’s real estate development, EPIC City.

March 25, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Defeats Biden-Era Rule that Attempt­ed to Force Rad­i­cal Gen­der Iden­ti­ty” Ide­ol­o­gy on Texas Fos­ter Care System

Attorney General Ken Paxton has successfully stopped a Biden Administration rule forcing foster care providers to “affirm” radical “gender identity” ideology in violation of state and federal law.  

March 21, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Suc­cess­ful­ly Clos­es Net­work of Hous­ton-Area Abor­tion Clinics

Attorney General Ken Paxton secured a temporary restraining order against Maria Margarita Rojas and her network of Houston-area clinics for unlawfully providing abortions and illegally practicing medicine without a license.

March 20, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Joins Coali­tion Sup­port­ing Pres­i­dent Trump’s Efforts to Deport For­eign Ter­ror­ists Under Alien Ene­mies Act

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is standing with President Trump to protect our borders, urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to stay a district court ruling that unlawfully blocks President Donald Trump’s efforts to remove dangerous aliens linked to the violent Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua (“TdA”).

March 19, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Sues Cop­pell ISD for Ille­gal­ly Teach­ing Woke and Hate­ful Crit­i­cal Race The­o­ry Curriculum

Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against Coppell Independent School District (“ISD”) officials for illegally teaching critical race theory (“CRT”).

March 19, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Announces Addi­tion­al Arrests in Ille­gal Abor­tion and Unli­censed Med­ical Prac­tice Investigation

Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that Jose Manuel Cendan Ley, 29, was arrested on March 17 for the unlawful performance of an abortion and the unlicensed practice of medicine.

March 18, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Announces Arrest of Hous­ton-Area Abor­tion­ist and Crack­down on Clin­ics Pro­vid­ing Ille­gal Abortions

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced the arrest of Maria Margarita Rojas, 48, for providing illegal abortions and illegally operating a network of clinics in the Northwest Houston area.

March 17, 2025 | Press Release

Attorney General Ken Paxton Defends Texas A&M’s Ban on Drag Shows Against Lawsuit from Left-Wing Group

Attorney General Ken Paxton is defending the Texas A&M Board of Regents’ (“Board”) decision to ban drag shows on the college system’s campuses.

March 14, 2025 | Press Release

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

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.

March 14, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Announces Inves­ti­ga­tion into Dal­las for Open Bor­ders Sanc­tu­ary City Poli­cies that Vio­late State Law

Attorney General Ken Paxton has opened an investigation and issued a formal request for records from the City of Dallas concerning the Dallas Police Department’s refusal to comply with state and federal immigration laws.

March 13, 2025 | Press Release