Attorney General Ken Paxton filed an Indiana-led amicus brief with the Chicago-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit defending the privacy and safety of boys and girls using sex-segregated restrooms in public schools.
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Paxton Sends Letter to SEC
Paxton led a multistate letter to the U.S. SEC opposing its proposed rule to impose a crushing matrix of new climate-related disclosures on publicly traded companies and other entities.
AG Paxton Joins Coalition to Open Offshore Oil and Gas Leases, Fight Against Rising Energy Prices
AG joined a multistate amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, urging reversal of a lower court’s decision to vacate the largest offshore oil and gas lease sale in U.S. history.
Layla Salazar’s Burial Ends Uvalde Funerals for Shooting Victims
The unremitting pace of ritualized mourning ended Thursday as the town buried an 11-year-old victim of the Robb Elementary shooting.
Paxton Victorious Against Biden Administration
Texas AG Paxton—in partnership with Louisiana AG Jeff Landry—brought home yet another victory against the Biden Administration in federal court.
Odessa has Endured Nearly 48 Hours Without Water
It has been attributed to a main line break in the city’s aging water system and comes amid a dayslong heat wave.
Court Tosses DHS Rule Letting Dangerous Criminal Aliens Off the Hook
Paxton argued that the Biden rule was contrary to law, arbitrary and capricious, failed to go through certain requisite procedures, and should therefore be set aside by the court.
Unlawfully Arrested Over Pandemic Restrictions, Lawsuit Says
A small border town issued far more tickets for violations of stay-at-home orders in April 2020 than two major cities combined.
Judge Blocks Investigations into Gender-Affirming Care for Kids
The temporary restraining order is part of a lawsuit filed on behalf of three families and members of PFLAG, an LGBTQ advocacy group.
Texas Fights Back Against Motor Vehicle Burglary and Theft
The Texas Legislature established MVCPA in 1991 to combat motor vehicle theft, burglary, and fraud-related motor vehicle crime in Texas. This is the 29th year the authority has issued funding.
Settlement with Contact Lens Company for its Deceptive Trade Practices
Hubble deceptively marketed its lenses by representing them as “high quality” even though they were manufactured using older technology that many other contacts lens companies had moved away from.
Missing Persons Unit Locates Woman who has Been Missing for Over 40 years
Baby Holly has been located alive and well and is now 42 years of age. Holly has been notified of the identities of her biological parents and has been in contact with her extended biological family and they hope to meet in person soon.
Fourth grade Uvalde Survivor Testifies
Miah Cerrillo, 11, was among the small group of Uvalde survivors and community members who testified at a House hearing Wednesday, offering details about the incident and the devastation to those left behind.
Texas Recovers $12.9 Million Against Pharma Company for Fraudulent Reporting
This settlement is the latest recovery in price-reporting cases that the Attorney General has brought under the Texas Medicaid Fraud Prevention Act.
Texas Reports First Case of Monkeypox
With the Texas case reported Tuesday, about 35 cases have now been identified across 14 states and Washington, D.C., this year, according to the CDC.
Uvalde Native Matthew McConaughey Visits White House
The self-proclaimed responsible gun owner was noncommittal to a political party at the time, describing himself as “aggressively centrist.”
Texas Failed to Comply with Court-Ordered Fixes
The judge in the 11-year federal lawsuit against Texas said the state has not properly punished or shut down unsafe childcare placement facilities or curbed the rate of children who are sexually victimized while in the state’s care.
Paxton Launches Investigation Against Twitter
Attorney General Ken Paxton launched an investigation against Twitter for potentially false reporting over its fake bot accounts in violation of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act.
Uvalde School Board Takes No Action on Police Chief
Chief Pete Arredondo has been faulted for a slow response to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary.
A Teacher and her Heartbroken Husband Buried Together in Uvalde
They were high school sweethearts. Irma Garcia taught at Robb Elementary for her entire 23-year career. Her husband died of a heart attack two days after she was shot.