Pax­ton Peti­tions Court to Halt Ille­gal Biden Admin­is­tra­tion Rule That Tar­gets Amer­i­cans Law­ful­ly Exer­cis­ing Their Sec­ond Amend­ment Rights

Attorney General Paxton filed a motion for preliminary injunction in his lawsuit against Biden’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (“ATF”).

March 06, 2023 | Press Release

Pax­ton Urges Biden Admin­is­tra­tion to Aban­don Efforts to Impose Oner­ous Envi­ron­men­tal Require­ments on Fed­er­al Contractors

Attorney General Paxton joined a coalition led by Kentucky and West Virginia to submit a comment letter to the Department of Defense (“DOD”), General Services Administration (“GSA”), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (“NASA”), requesting that these federal entities abandon their plans to impose new environmental regulations on federal contractors. 

March 03, 2023 | Press Release

Pax­ton Crit­i­cizes EPA Over New Rule that Tar­gets the Oil and Gas Industry

Attorney General Paxton sent a West Virginia-led comment letter to Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA) Administrator Michael Regan, urging the agency to drop a new rule that directly targets the oil and natural gas industry with crippling regulations.  

March 02, 2023 | Press Release

Pax­ton Oppos­es New Fed­er­al Rules Mak­ing it Hard­er to Crack Down on Finan­cial Crimes

Attorney General Paxton sent a multistate comment letter to the Policy Division of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”), which is a federal entity that aids state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies in stopping financial crime.

March 01, 2023 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Paxton’s Law Enforce­ment Round-Up: Jan­u­ary 16 – 312023

The law enforcement round-up is comprised of important arrests from the Child Exploitation, Human Trafficking, Special Crimes, and Fugitive Apprehension Units.

February 28, 2023 | Press Release

Pax­ton Demands Answers After Anti-Catholic Bias was Revealed With­in the FBI

Attorney General Paxton joined a Virginia-led coalition that sent a letter to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”) Director Christopher Wray and U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, requesting more information after an anti-Catholic FBI internal memorandum was made public. 

February 28, 2023 | Press Release

Paxton’s Crim­i­nal Pros­e­cu­tions Divi­sion Secures Con­vic­tion for Man who Shot and Killed a Fam­i­ly of Three

Attorney General Paxton’s Criminal Prosecutions Division has helped prosecute and secure the conviction of Robert Allen Satterfield for capital murder, in the 329th District Court of Wharton County.

February 27, 2023 | Press Release

Inves­ti­ga­tion by Paxton’s Med­ic­aid Fraud Unit Results in $1.1M in Resti­tu­tion to Health Care Programs

An investigation by Attorney General Paxton’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit has led to the sentencing for health care fraud of two individuals in federal court in Del Rio, Texas.  

February 27, 2023 | Press Release

Pax­ton Sues Biden Admin­is­tra­tion to Ter­mi­nate Ille­gal SEC Rule that Will Hurt Finan­cial Com­pa­nies and Their Investors

Attorney General Paxton has filed a petition for review against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) to challenge a new rule that would unlawfully change proxy voting reporting requirements.  

February 24, 2023 | Press Release

Pax­ton Takes Next Step in Law­suit Against Biden Admin­is­tra­tion Over ESG Invest­ing Rule that Risks the Retire­ment Sav­ings of Over 150 Mil­lion Americans

To prevent a new U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) rule from inflicting substantial financial damage on the American people, Attorney General Paxton took the next step in his previously announced lawsuit against the Biden Administration by filing a motion for preliminary injunction. 

February 22, 2023 | Press Release