AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton signed an immigration enforcement agreement with the Trump Administration, becoming the first Texas law enforcement entity to formally assist with and facilitate the mass deportation of illegal aliens during President Donald Trump’s second term. Attorney […]
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IRS and partners highlight Earned Income Tax Credit Awareness Day and celebrate the 50th anniversary of the EITC
One in five eligible taxpayers don’t claim this credit worth up to $7,830 TX-2025-02, Jan. 31, 2025 WASHINGTON – The Internal Revenue Service and partners around the nation today celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) with the launch of […]
Annual Texas Abandoned Crab Trap Removal Dates Set for 2025
AUSTIN —For the past 23 years in February, countless volunteers band together to search the Texas coastline for abandoned crab traps. The abandoned traps foul shrimpers’ nets, snag anglers’ lines, ghost fish (when lost or abandoned fishing gear, such as […]
Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar Observes National Unclaimed Property Day, Feb. 1
(AUSTIN) — Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar is joining other unclaimed property administrators to celebrate the fourth annual national Unclaimed Property Day tomorrow, Feb. 1. “I am proud to have returned more than $3 billion to Texans since becoming Comptroller, including a […]
Attorney General Ken Paxton Fights to Stop Taxpayer Funded “Gender Transition” Operations for Incarcerated Criminals
AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton joined an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit to prevent a District Judge from mandating that taxpayers fund “gender transition” surgeries for inmates in a state prison. “Taxpayers […]
Texas Center for the Book Launches New Lone Star Libraries Series
Austin, TX – Lone Star Libraries is a new quarterly series of articles and videos from the Texas Center of the Book at the Texas State Library and Archives Commission that showcases and celebrates exceptional libraries across Texas. The first […]
Sens. Cruz, Scott, Cassidy, Colleagues Introduce Resolution Recognizing National School Choice Week
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) joined Sens. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), and several of their Republican colleagues in Congress in introducing a resolution recognizing January 26 – February 1 as National School Choice Week. Upon introduction, Sen. […]
Attorney General Ken Paxton Congratulates Principal Deputy Solicitor General Lanora Pettit on Her New Role in President Trump’s Justice Department
AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton congratulated Lanora Pettit on joining President Trump’s Administration as Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel at the Department of Justice. “Lanora’s legal expertise, work ethic, and leadership has been such an incredible […]
Toyota ShareLunker Program Enjoyed Record-Breaking 2024 Season
ATHENS – The 2024 Toyota ShareLunker season reached new heights thanks to 371 anglers who entered a record 689 lunker largemouth bass into the program throughout the year from 89 Texas public waterbodies. The total included 467 in the Bass Pro Shops […]
Attorney General Ken Paxton Calls on Costco to End Woke DEI Practices and Unlawful Discrimination
AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton sent an Iowa- and Kansas-led multistate letter to Costco demanding that the company fully repeal its discriminatory diversity, equity, and inclusion (“DEI”) practices. Attorney General Paxton’s letter follows President Trump’s executive order encouraging “the […]
