Fastest Growing Texas City is Implementing “Family First” Approach
Tyler has spent the last decade remaking its parks and sidewalks to allure families. At the same time, a constellation of groups are helping parents take care of their families.
Statewide Emergency Alert System
The drill will take place between 10:00 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. and is designed to test the performance and reliability of emergency alert and warning systems used during critical incidents.
Texas Will Ban Smokeable Hemp Cannabis
New rules from state health officials ban smokeable intoxicating hemp products, including pre-rolled joints and hemp flower.
TxDMV Warns Texans About Ongoing Text Scam
Fraudsters are flooding phones with fake violation notices designed to scare and steal.
Court Approves New Manager for Dallas-Area foster Care
An experienced child welfare manager was appointed to take over case management after “systemic failures” placed children in danger, court records said.
Texas Successfully Protects Texas Waterways From Illegal Dumping
Texas AG secured a court order to stop Angelina County Water Control and Improvement District No. 4 (“the District”) from discharging sewage, waste, and other potentially harmful substances into Cedar Creek and surrounding Texas waterways.
Texas AG Secure Order Blocking Rogue Oklahoma Property Owner
AG Paxton helped secure a court order to protect Texas land after an Oklahoma property owner attempted to claim a portion of Texas’s Red River property.
Texas House Republicans Ask Congress to Halt All Immigration After Austin Shooting
More than 70 GOP House members signed a letter asking Congress to stop legal immigration until “proper vetting protocols” are in place.
Third victim of downtown Austin shooting dies
The three people killed by the suspected gunman were identified Monday. Twelve people were injured in the Sunday shooting that the FBI called a “potential act of terrorism.”
Texas politicians’ Responses to Austin Shooting
Texas elected officials and candidates’ response to the deadly shooting in downtown Austin on Sunday quickly turned political.
Texas Sues Dow, Claiming “Habitual” Pollution Violations at Gulf Coast Chemical Plant
Local citizens who are preparing their own lawsuit against the chemical giant say Attorney General Ken Paxton’s suit could shield Dow from bigger penalties.
Texas AG Secures Landmark Legal Victory to Ban Ballot Harvesting in Texas
The law specifically targets professional, compensated vote harvesting, making it a crime to knowingly provide or offer to provide “vote harvesting services” in exchange for compensation or other benefits.
Federal Fair Housing Probe Examines North Texas Development Marketed to Muslim Buyers
HUD is investigating whether the project that had been called the East Plano Islamic Center City discriminated based on race or national origin.
Texas AG Investigates Firetruck Manufacturers
In recent years, fire departments across Texas have experienced dramatic price increases for essential firefighting equipment—including aerial ladder trucks, pumper engines, tanker trucks, and rescue vehicles—along with significant delays in delivery.
AG Paxton Sues Cord Blood Registry for Exploiting New Parents
CBR exploits new parents’ love for their children by charging them, often at a steep price, to bank their newborns’ umbilical cord stem cells.
AG Paxton Sues Snapchat Over Accusations of Inappropriate Content
The lawsuit against the multimedia messaging app's company is just one in a series of actions that the state has taken against social media companies.
Texas Attorney General Sues Bastrop Factory
The state’s environmental regulator has issued multiple environmental violations and the lawsuit states the company has failed to fix the problems.
Texas AG Takes Legal Action Against Houston-Based Antifa Organization
Attorney General Ken Paxton has initiated legal action against Screwston Anti-Fascist Committee (“Screwston”), an Antifa-affiliated unincorporated nonprofit association, for potentially violating Texas law.
Family of Still-Missing Camper Sues to Shut Down Camp Mystic
The lawsuit by Catherine and Will Steward, parents of Cecilia “Cile” Steward, argues the family who owns and operates the camp should “never be responsible for children again.”
AG Paxton Sues Wind Turbine Recycling Company
The company failed to properly dispose of the waste and instead created a stockpile of over 3,000 wind turbine blades and parts.