AG Paxton Demands BlackRock Account for its Underperforming, Potentially Illegal ‘ESG’ State Pension Fund Investments
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton joined 18 other states in a letter to BlackRock CEO Larry Fink challenging his company’s reliance on Environmental, Social, and Governance investment criteria rather than shareholder profits in managing state pension funds.
AG Paxton Files for Injunction to Stop Biden Administration from Forcing Healthcare Providers to Use State Funding for Abortions
Yesterday Attorney General Paxton filed a motion to enjoin the Biden Administration from using a provision of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) to require Texas hospitals and doctors to perform abortions as a condition of receiving Medicare and Medicaid funding.
Attorney General Paxton Announces the Formation of a Nationwide Anti-Robocall Litigation Task Force
Attorney General Paxton today announced that the State of Texas is joining a nationwide Anti-Robocall Litigation Task Force with 49 other states to investigate and take legal action against the telecommunications companies responsible for bringing a majority of foreign robocalls into the United States.
AG Paxton Joins 21 States in Amicus Brief to U.S. Supreme Court to Reexamine Spending Clause Precedent
Attorney General Paxton joined an Indiana-led amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court, with 22 states in all, in Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County v. Talevski, No. 21-806 (U.S.).
AG Paxton Announces $2.37 Billion Agreement to Settle with Former Opioid Maker
For the second time this week, Attorney General Paxton and a bipartisan group of attorneys general announced an agreement in principle to address the opioid crisis
Opioids Maker Teva Agrees to $4.25 billion settlement: Preliminary Agreement Will Provide Cash and Naloxone to Address Opioids Crisis
Attorney General Paxton has reached an agreement on key financial terms with opioid maker Teva, which would provide up to $4.25 billion to participating states and local governments.
AG Paxton Joins Coalition to Stop Biden Administration from Regulating Non-Functional Firearm Parts
Attorney General Ken Paxton joined an Arizona-led 17-state complaint against the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), the Department of Justice, and the Acting Director of ATF, to fight the Biden administration’s unconstitutional rulemaking that would regulate firearm parts manufacturers.
AG Paxton Leads Coalition to Stop the Biden Administration from Exacerbating Inflation with Climate Action
Attorney General Ken Paxton led a multistate letter urging President Biden to stop fast-tracking inflation by implementing expensive and unfunded measures to address his so-called “climate emergency.”
AG Paxton Publishes New Guidance Upon Issuance of SCOTUS’s Dobbs Judgment
Today Attorney General Paxton released a guidance letter following the U.S. Supreme Court’s issuance of a judgment in the Dobbs decision overturning Roe v Wade.
AG Paxton Sues Biden Administration for Threatening to Withhold Nutrition Assistance for School Programs that Do Not Adhere to “Gender Identity” Policy
Attorney General Paxton joined 22 attorneys general in a lawsuit filed against the Biden Administration’s new guidance on sex discrimination for schools and programs that receive federal nutritional assistance.