Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Sues Biden to Stop Unlaw­ful Ban on LNG Exports

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed suit to block the Biden Administration’s unlawful and indefinite ban on approving applications to export liquified natural gas (“LNG”) that the Department of Energy itself has already acknowledged has “no factual or legal basis.”

March 21, 2024 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Sues Two More Pornog­ra­phy Com­pa­nies for Vio­lat­ing Texas Age Ver­i­fi­ca­tion Law

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued Multi Media, LLC, and Hammy Media, major pornography companies that operate sites such as “Chaturbate” and “xHamster,” for violating HB 1181, a Texas law that requires reasonable age verification measures to protect minors from being exposed to harmful obscene material.

March 21, 2024 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Pre­vails at SCO­TUS Allow­ing Texas Immi­gra­tion Law to Take Effect

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton secured a major victory as the Supreme Court of the United States denied emergency motions filed by the Biden Administration and various other organizations seeking to block enforcement of Texas’s recent immigration law, SB 4.

March 19, 2024 | Press Release

SCOTUS Leaves West Texas A&M University’s “Drag Show” Denial Intact

In a case where Attorney General Ken Paxton is defending West Texas A&M University’s President for rejecting an organization’s request to host a college campus “drag show” with child attendees, the Supreme Court of the United States denied an injunction to the organization.

March 15, 2024 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Files Con­tempt Motion Against Frisco ISD for Vio­lat­ing Restrain­ing Order Against Ille­gal Electioneering

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a motion for contempt against Frisco Independent School District (“ISD”) for failing to abide by a temporary restraining order preventing the district or its employees from engaging in illegal electioneering.

March 14, 2024 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Sues Colony Ridge for Fraud­u­lent Prac­tices That Enabled Major Prob­lem­at­ic Real Estate Devel­op­ment to Flourish

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued the Colony Ridge development in Liberty County for deceptive trade practices, fraud in real estate transactions, and other violations of Texas and federal law.

March 14, 2024 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Secures Mur­der Con­vic­tion in Retal­ia­to­ry Shoot­ing Death

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has secured a life sentence without parole for Brandon Harris for the 2020 murder of 24-year-old Valerie Hackett during a revenge shooting in Longview, Texas. 

March 13, 2024 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Pro­pos­es New Rule Enhanc­ing Dis­trict Attor­ney Report­ing Require­ments To Pro­mote Account­abil­i­ty and Rule of Law

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton published a new proposed rule that would enhance reporting requirements for District Attorneys and County Attorneys presiding over a county with a population of 250,000 or more.

March 13, 2024 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Secures Guilty Ver­dict in El Cam­po Cap­i­tal Mur­der Trial

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has secured a capital murder verdict against Brandon James, who was found guilty of shooting and killing Shane Singleton during a 2021 robbery in El Campo, Texas. 

March 12, 2024 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Pax­ton Announces Take­down of Hous­ton Phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal Opi­oid Dis­tri­b­u­tion Network

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has announced a successful raid against an illegal pharmaceutical-grade drug distribution ring in Houston after an investigation by the Office of the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit.

March 12, 2024 | Press Release