AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton today announced that the federal government agreed to reconsider Obama-era rules that restrict property owners’ use of land, settling a lawsuit filed by Texas and 19 other states in November 2016. The Alabama-led lawsuit challenged federal rules that broadly expand the definition of critical habitats for endangered and threatened species. “This was nothing more than a desperate attempt at a parting gift from President Obama to radical environmentalists at the […]
