Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Secures Stay From Texas Supreme Court Paus­ing Har­ris County’s Unlaw­ful Guar­an­teed Income” Program

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton secured a temporary administrative stay from the Supreme Court of Texas (“SCOTX”) ordering Harris County not to distribute any public money through its unlawful “guaranteed income” program for an interim period.

April 23, 2024 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Asks Texas Supreme Court to Block Unlaw­ful Har­ris Coun­ty Guar­an­teed Income” Scheme

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed for emergency relief with the Supreme Court of Texas (“SCOTX”) to block Harris County’s “guaranteed income” program that violates State law.

April 23, 2024 | Press Release

Med­ical Provider Agrees to With­draw from Texas Instead of Com­ply­ing with Inves­ti­ga­tion into Gen­der Tran­si­tion” Treat­ments for Minors

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has reached an agreement with Seattle Children’s Hospital in which the institution will abandon all attempts to do business in Texas.

April 22, 2024 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Sub­mits Notice to Fifth Cir­cuit High­light­ing Impact of Recent SCO­TUS Vic­to­ry on SB 4 Litigation

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sent a notice of supplemental authority to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit detailing how Texas’s unanimous victory yesterday at the U.S. Supreme Court in DeVillier v. Texas further supports Texas’s defense of SB 4.

April 17, 2024 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Secures Unan­i­mous SCO­TUS Win on Texas Prop­er­ty Rights Case

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has secured a unanimous 9-0 win at the U.S. Supreme Court in a case protecting the ability of Texas to handle compensation disputes under State law for any allegedly taken property.

April 16, 2024 | Press Release

Nation­al Coali­tion of Attor­neys Gen­er­al Files Ami­cus Brief Con­demn­ing Texas State Bar for Base­less Law­fare Weaponized Against Texas OAG Leadership

A national coalition of state attorneys general filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court of Texas in support of Attorney General Ken Paxton’s top deputy, First Assistant Attorney General Brent Webster, in a blatant case of politically motivated lawfare launched by the State Bar of Texas.

April 15, 2024 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Urges Expe­dit­ed Process In Con­certi­na Wire Law­suit, Point­ing to Major Prob­lems With Fed­er­al Government’s Claims

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a letter with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit detailing new and important facts in the ongoing concertina wire case, urging the court to resolve the case on an expedited basis in order to protect Texas’s border security measures.

April 10, 2024 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Sues Har­ris Coun­ty Over Ille­gal Guar­an­teed Income” Wel­fare Scheme

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued Harris County for instituting an unlawful “guaranteed income” program that redistributes public money in a manner that violates the Texas Constitution.

April 09, 2024 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Releas­es State­ment On SB 4 Oral Argument

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton released the following statement on the SB 4 oral arguments.

April 03, 2024 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Announces $6.6 Mil­lion Set­tle­ment With Inter­con­ti­nen­tal Ter­mi­nals Com­pa­ny For Injuries to Nat­ur­al Resources Result­ing From 2019 Deer Park Fire

Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that the State of Texas and the United States have reached a settlement to recover natural resource damages caused by the March 2019 fire at the Deer Park facility owned by International Terminals Company, LLC (“ITC”).

April 02, 2024 | Press Release