Pax­ton Wins Major Case Defend­ing Texas’s Anti-Boy­cott-of-Israel Law

Attorney General Paxton has secured a victory in the New Orleans-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit while defending a Texas law that prohibits state funds from going to companies that boycott Israel.  

April 18, 2023 | Press Release

Pax­ton Stands Up for Amer­i­cans’ Con­sti­tu­tion­al­ly Pro­tect­ed Prop­er­ty Rights

Attorney General Paxton filed an amicus brief to defend the property rights of Americans.

April 18, 2023 | Press Release

Pax­ton Blasts Pro­posed EPA Rule that Would Crip­ple Eco­nom­ic Development

Attorney General Paxton sent a comment letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”), offering critical commentary on a proposed new rule that would crush economic development in different parts of the United States.  

April 17, 2023 | Press Release

Pax­ton Sues Biden Admin to Safe­guard Texas’s Med­ic­aid Program

Attorney General Paxton filed a lawsuit against the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) challenging a federal bulletin that threatens the integrity of Texas’s Medicaid program and the nearly five million citizens that it serves by imposing requirements that are neither authorized by statute nor required by existing regulations.

April 14, 2023 | Press Release

Pax­ton Files Brief With the U.S. Supreme Court to Pro­tect Reli­gious Orga­ni­za­tions from Inva­sive Gov­ern­ment Interference

Attorney General Paxton filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court to prevent the government from involving itself in the leadership decisions of religious institutions.  

April 14, 2023 | Press Release

Pax­ton Slams New Biden Rule that Exac­er­bates Cri­sis at the South­ern Border

Attorney General Paxton is fighting back against the Biden Administration’s lawless open-borders agenda by opposing a new federal rule that would embolden more illegal aliens to enter the country.  

April 14, 2023 | Press Release

Pax­ton Urges Fed­er­al Reg­u­la­tors to Stop Abus­ing Their Posi­tions to Pro­mote Left-Wing Polit­i­cal Goals

Attorney General Paxton sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) Director Martin Gruenberg, and Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael Hsu about the promotion of left-wing political goals contributing to the failure of Silicon Valley Bank (“SVB”). 

April 13, 2023 | Press Release

Paxton’s Med­ic­aid Fraud Con­trol Unit Charges Hous­ton Cou­ple with $8.7 Mil­lion Fraud Scheme

Efforts by Attorney General Paxton’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit have led to a Houston couple being charged in a multimillion-dollar health care fraud scheme.  

April 13, 2023 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Paxton’s Law Enforce­ment Round-Up: Feb­ru­ary 16 – 282023

The law enforcement round-up is comprised of important arrests from the Human Trafficking Unit, Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, and Fugitive Apprehension Unit.

April 12, 2023 | Press Release

Paxton’s Office Inves­ti­gates and Suc­cess­ful­ly Pros­e­cutes Woman Who Attempt­ed to Defraud Med­ic­aid of Over $615,000

Attorney General Paxton’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit secured a conviction for a woman who attempted to steal over $615,000 by submitting fraudulent reimbursement claims for services that were never provided.  

April 12, 2023 | Press Release