Paxton Sues Biden Administration to Prevent it from Blocking Texas’s Management of its Own Environment
Attorney General Paxton has filed a petition for review challenging an order by President Biden’s Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) that disapproves Texas’s state implementation plan (“SIP”), which was developed in coordination with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (“TCEQ”) to ensure that Texas complied with federal air quality standards.
Paxton Condemns Yelp for Discriminating Against Crisis Pregnancy Centers
Attorney General Paxton has sent a Kentucky-led letter to the CEO of Yelp condemning the company’s efforts to discriminate against crisis pregnancy centers.
Paxton Warns CVS and Walgreens on the Illegalities of Sending Abortion Pills Through the Mail
Attorney General Paxton has joined two Missouri-led multistate letters being sent to CVS and Walgreens concerning their decision to seek approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) to use the mail to sell abortion pills.
ICYMI: Paxton Publishes Op-Ed on the Importance of Attorneys General Fighting Back Against the Biden Administration’s Lawlessness
Attorney General Paxton has published an Op-Ed in Newsweek detailing the important work that both he and other allied attorneys general are doing to defend our southern border and push back against the Biden Administration’s attempts to destroy American sovereignty.
Investigation by Paxton’s Medicaid Fraud Unit Helps Lead to Arrest of Nine Individuals Accused of Distributing 1.5 Million Opioid Pills
As a result of a joint investigation by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, the DEA, FBI, the US Postal Service-Office of Inspector General, and the US Postal Inspection Service, nine individuals have been arrested in Houston for the unlawful distribution of 1.5 million opioid pills and other controlled substances.
Attorney General Paxton’s Law Enforcement Round-Up: January 1 – 15, 2023
The law enforcement round-up is comprised of important arrests from the Fugitive Apprehension Unit.
Paxton Sues Biden Administration to Block Illegal Rule that Infringes on the Second Amendment Rights of Americans
Attorney General Paxton, along with a coalition of other plaintiffs, is suing the Biden Administration over a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (“ATF”) rule targeting pistol owners who use stabilizing braces.
Paxton Urges Congress to Curtail the Biden Administration’s Use of Emergency Powers to Implement a Left-Wing Agenda
Attorney General Paxton has joined an Alabama-led letter sent to Congressional leaders, requesting that they put an end to the Biden Administration’s liberal use of emergency powers, especially by the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) and the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”).
Paxton Issues Consumer Alert to Help Inform Texans of their Consumer Rights Following Last Week’s Ice Storms
Attorney General Paxton is monitoring reports of price gouging after Governor Abbott issued an Ice Storm Disaster Declaration for seven counties affected by last week’s storm, which triggered the Office of the Attorney General’s price gouging authority.