AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton congratulated executive staff member Joseph Mazzara for joining the Trump Administration as Acting General Counsel for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. “During his time in my office, Joe was a courageous defender of […]
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Samsung Names 50 U.S. Schools as State Winners in the Solve for Tomorrow STEM Competition, Vying for a Share of $2 Million in Prizes
Gen Z & Gen Alpha Changemakers Use AI, 3D Printing, & Robotics to Tackle Climate, Public Health & Accessibility Challenges RIDGEFIELD PARK, NJ – January 28, 2025 – Gen Z and Gen Alpha students across the nation have accepted the challenge to […]
Attorney General Ken Paxton Stops Texas Doctors Who Illegally Gave Children “Gender Transition” Drugs from Practicing Medicine
AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton has stopped three Texas doctors from illegally providing children with dangerous “gender transition” drugs while litigation continues. In October and November 2024, Attorney General Paxton sued May Lau, M. Brett Cooper, and Hector Granados, medical doctors who […]
Texas Game Wardens Arrest Outfitter, Guides for Illegal Exotic Hunts
PORT MANSFIELD – Texas Game Wardens arrested a local hunting outfitter and two others for illegally guiding nilgai hunts on private property. The suspects used airboats and thermal optics to take clients on hunts for the exotic animals, operating a sophisticated scheme and profiting […]
TDLR Closes Garland Massage Establishment For Suspected Human Trafficking
AUSTIN – The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation has issued a six-month emergency closure order effective January 21, 2025, for a massage establishment in Garland for suspected human trafficking. Changxing JIang, d/b/a Healing Foot Spa, located at 565 W. Oates […]
State Sales Tax Revenue Totaled $4.3 Billion in January
(AUSTIN) — Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar today said state sales tax revenue totaled $4.3 billion in January, 6.8 percent more than in January 2024. The majority of January sales tax revenue is based on sales made in December and remitted to the […]
Sen. Cruz Announced as Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement after the announcement of subcommittee assignments for the 119th Congress on the Committee. Sen. Cruz will be the Chairman of the Subcommittee […]
Financial Crimes Intelligence Center Prevents More Than $273 Million In Monetary Losses In Its First Three Years
FCIC Operational Results, Calendar Years 2022 – 2024 2022 2023 2024 Total, 2022-2024 Total amount of loss prevented or recovered $48,493,324 $123,026,504 $102,331,871 $273,848,699 Credit cards, credit card numbers recovered 1,629 3,945 14,854 20,428 Skimmers recovered 396 228 344 […]
Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour Arrives in Austin, Benefits Texas State Parks
AUSTIN – The Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour is back in Austin March 22 at the historic Paramount Theatre. This is the 18th year that Whole Earth Provision Co. has hosted the tour in Austin and the 14th year that Texas […]
TDLR Closes Three San Antonio Massage Establishments For Suspected Human Trafficking
AUSTIN – The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation has issued a six-month emergency closure order effective January 21, 2025, that closes three massage establishments in San Antonio for suspected human trafficking. Rudy E. Lopez and Huang Ping Lopez, d/b/a Pings […]
