AG Pax­ton Sues Har­ris Coun­ty Clerk to Pre­vent Him from Unlaw­ful­ly Send­ing Out Mil­lions of Unso­licit­ed Mail-In Bal­lot Applications

Attorney General Ken Paxton today  filed a lawsuit against Harris County Clerk Chris Hollins for sending unsolicited mail-in ballot applications to over two million Harris County registered voters in blatant violation of Texas election laws.

August 31, 2020 | Press Release

AG Pax­ton Joins Let­ter to Pres­i­dent Trump in Sup­port of Fund­ing The Nation­al Child ID Act

Attorney General Ken Paxton joined a 20-state coalition in support of making funding available through any federal agency to support House Resolution 4172 (the National Child ID Act) in order to help parents, guardians and law enforcement better protect children from exploitation, abduction and human trafficking.

August 31, 2020 | Press Release

AG Pax­ton Defends Women’s Health and Safe­ty in Mul­ti­state Ami­cus Brief 

Attorney General Ken Paxton today joined 10 other states in a friend-of-the-court brief requesting that the United States Supreme Court stay an injunction that suspended important health and safety requirements imposed by federal law for the prescription of mifepristone - a drug that causes an abortion.

August 28, 2020 | Press Release

AG Pax­ton Warns Tex­ans of Scam­mers in Wake of Hur­ri­cane Laura

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton warned Texans of the risk of fraud and common scams in the wake of Hurricane Laura, which is expected to impact communities across the state.  

August 27, 2020 | Press Release

AG Pax­ton Urges Con­gress to Adopt Mea­sures to Expand Fund­ing for Crime Victims

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton joined a coalition of 56 state and territorial attorneys general representing all 50 states, the District of Columbia and five U.S. territories urging Congress to adopt key changes to the Victims of Crime Act that provide critical financial support to victims of violent crimes and their families.

August 26, 2020 | Press Release

AG Pax­ton Con­tin­ues Fight­ing for Sanc­ti­ty of Life, Defends Texas Ban on Bar­bar­ic Abor­tion Pro­ce­dure at the Fifth Circuit

Attorney General Ken Paxton filed an en banc petition in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit urging the entire court to put a hold on a district court’s ruling that allows live-dismemberment abortions.

August 26, 2020 | Press Release

AG Pax­ton Files Ami­cus Brief in Texas Supreme Court Defend­ing Reli­gious Liberty

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed an amicus brief in the Texas Supreme Court urging it to protect the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lubbock’s First Amendment rights to be free from state courts interfering with church doctrine and governance

August 25, 2020 | Press Release

AG Pax­ton Warns Tex­ans of Price Goug­ing and Scams in Wake of Trop­i­cal Storms Lau­ra and Marco

In the wake of Governor Greg Abbott announcing Federal Emergency Management Agency approval for Federal Emergency Declaration, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton today warned that state law prohibits price gouging during a declared disaster.

August 24, 2020 | Press Release

AG Pax­ton Files Ami­cus Brief Defend­ing First Amend­ment Lib­er­ties for Reli­gious Institutions

Attorney General Ken Paxton, joined by the attorneys general of Louisiana and Mississippi, filed a friend-of-the-court brief defending church autonomy.

August 21, 2020 | Press Release