Attorney General Ken Paxton led a 12-state coalition to challenge the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) plan to ban all uses of Chrysotile Asbestos. In doing so, EPA relies on old and often obsolete data to reach its sweeping conclusion to […]
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Paxton Sues Biden Admin Over Its Efforts to Force Abortions in Texas
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services regarding their use of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) to require hospitals to perform abortions. This latest unlawful action […]
Fiscal Notes: Water Planning Updates Reveal What’s Next for Water in Texas
Texas population growth brings higher demand for one of the state’s most precious resources — water. Ensuring our state’s finite water supplies meet future demand requires strategic planning and collaborative efforts from Texas citizens and every level of government. In […]
Comptroller Raises Revenue Estimate by Nearly $14 Billion
Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar today revised the Certification Revenue Estimate (CRE) upward, increasing his November estimate of General Revenue-related (GR-R) funds available for certification by $13.75 billion. In a July 14 letter to state leadership, Hegar said the state will […]
AG Paxton Urges Supreme Court to Oppose Biden Admin’s Efforts to Re-Implement Policy Releasing Criminal Illegals Back into the United States
Attorney General Paxton filed a brief in the United States Supreme Court opposing the Department of Justice’s request to stay a district court order vacating the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) September 2021 Immigration Prioritization Memorandum. Federal law requires DHS […]
Texas Game Wardens Wrap up Another Busy July Fourth Weekend of Statewide Enforcement
AUSTIN— As Texans hit the waterways across the state to recognize July Fourth, Texas Game Wardens were out in force to ensure everyone stayed safe on the water. “Texas Game Wardens partnered with thousands of law enforcement agencies across the […]
Cruz, Cornyn, Colleagues to Visit Texas-Mexico Border Amidst Unrelenting Illegal Immigration Crisis
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) will lead their colleagues James Lankford (R-Okla.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) on a visit to the Rio Grande Valley on July 14 and 15 […]
AG Paxton Leads Coalition Challenging Court’s Decision Eroding Constitutional Separation of Powers, Federalism Concerns
AUSTIN – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton led an 18-state coalition amicus brief in support of Utah’s challenge in the Denver-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, opposing a court order requiring Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes to sit […]
AG Paxton Joins Amicus Brief Supporting States’ Freedom to Regulate Own Emissions
AUSTIN – Attorney General Paxton joined an Indiana-led amicus brief before the United States Supreme Court asking the Court to review a lower court’s decision that “threaten[s] regulatory chaos [and] undermines the coequal sovereignty of each State to regulate emissions […]
AG Paxton Asks Court to Rehear Decision Giving One State Power to Regulate Other States’ Climate Policies
AUSTIN –Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton joined an Indiana-led multistate amicus brief urging an en banc rehearing of a decision by the Boston-based U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals that threatens to allow one state—Rhode Island—to effectively set other states’ climate policies. […]
