Attorney General Paxton joined an Alaska-led multistate letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) pushing back against its arbitrary and unprecedented abuse of authority under section 404(c) of the Clean Water Act. Alaska sought a permit under section 404 from EPA to conduct mining operations in a confined region of the state. EPA vetoed the mine, and any future efforts […]
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Paxton Files Brief with U.S. Supreme Court to Protect Taxpayers from the Skyrocketing Costs of Illegal Immigration
Attorney General Paxton is leading a 14-state coalition that has filed a cert-stage brief in the U.S. Supreme Court after the Biden Administration took unprecedented action to quietly abolish a federal immigration rule designed to protect American taxpayers. The rule […]
Paxton Applauds Court’s Decision to Green-Light Texas’s Antitrust Suit Against Google
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton applauds a New York federal district court’s decision last night to reject Google’s motion to dismiss Texas’s lawsuit alleging that Google monopolized the digital advertising market. The federal court has allowed a coalition of seventeen […]
Cornyn: Prairie View A&M to Receive $700K Federal Grant to Recruit More Teachers and Support Schools
Prairie View A&M University has been awarded a $722,440 federal grant by the U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas) announced today. This award will help address school staffing shortages by giving Prairie View A&M funding to recruit, prepare, develop, […]
Texas Game Wardens Conclude Busy Labor Day Weekend on the Water
Texas Game Wardens were out in force during the Labor Day Weekend, logging 2,110 patrol hours to ensure water safety while Texans spent time with friends and family. “With sharp increases the previous two years in water-related recreation and accidents, […]
Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar Stands Up to EPA Bureaucrats in Defense of Texas Economy
Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar recently sent a letter to federal agency directors requesting additional review of the proposal by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to designate the Permian Basin as out of compliance with National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). […]
Sens. Cruz, Blackburn Introduce Bill to Combat Racist COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate in D.C. Schools
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) today introduced a bill that will protect students in Washington, D.C. public schools from the city’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Senators Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), […]
Sen. Cruz Statement On Passing of Queen Elizabeth II
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement after the passing of Queen Elizabeth II: “Today Heidi and I join the people of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth in mourning the […]
Sen. Cruz Statement On Democrats Withdrawing Journalism Bill After His Amendment Passed
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee issued the following statement in response to Democrats withdrawing the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA) after his amendment to protect Americans’ free speech rights from Big Tech censorship […]
Paxton Continues Fight for Medical Freedom by Filing Petition Against San Antonio ISD in the Texas Supreme Court
Attorney General Paxton filed a petition for review requesting the Texas Supreme Court to reverse Texas’s San Antonio-based Fourth Court of Appeals’ ruling in favor of San Antonio ISD and issue an injunction against the district’s unlawful vaccine mandate. The […]
