by Zuckerberg-Backed Center for Tech and Civic Life Attorney General Ken Paxton issued a Civil Investigative Demand (CID) to the Center for Tech and Civil Life (CTCL) as part of an investigation to determine whether the nonprofit solicited donations under the pretext of protecting voters from Covid-19 while instead using the funds to support partisan electioneering efforts […]
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Paxton Announces Agreement in Principle in Opioid Settlement with CVS Pharmacy; Texas to Receive $276 million Under Proposed Deal
Attorney General Paxton announced plans to enter into a $5.034 billion multistate settlement with CVS Pharmacy for its role in the nationwide opioid epidemic, with over $276 million designated for Texas. The agreement will largely track the terms of the […]
Appeals Court Affirms Victory for Paxton’s Medicaid Fraud Division, Delivers More Than $11 Million in Remedies for the State of Texas
Attorney General Ken Paxton has announced that the El Paso-based Texas Eighth Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court’s judgment against Dr. Richard Malouf, former owner of All Smiles Dental Center, for violations of the Texas Medicaid Fraud Prevention Act (TMFPA). The […]
Paxton Highlights Danger of Forcing Schoolchildren to be Injected with Covid-19 Vaccine
Attorney General Paxton joined a Louisiana-led letter to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) expressing deep concerns over children being required to take the COVID-19 vaccine. The letter discusses the October 2022 Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) meetings, especially their vote to add COVID-19 vaccines to the […]
Paxton Recovers Over $165 Million in Taxpayer Funds, Protects the Integrity of the Texas Medicaid Program
Attorney General Ken Paxton announced the finalization of a substantial settlement with Centene Corporation and its subsidiaries that provide services to the Texas Medicaid program. Under the terms of the settlement, Centene will pay over $165.6 million to resolve Attorney General Paxton’s […]
Paxton’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit Helps Secure Indictment Against Two Individuals Accused of $6.9 Million Medicaid Fraud and Kickback Scheme
An investigation by the Texas Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, the FBI, Department of Health and Human Services – Office of the Inspector General, and Customs and Border Protection has led to charges being brought against two Houstonians for […]
Paxton Defeats Biden Administration’s Oil and Gas Leasing Moratorium on Public Lands, Marking Major Win for American Energy
A federal judge in Louisiana sided with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and 12 other plaintiff states in a Louisiana-led lawsuit, issuing a permanent injunction against the Biden Administration’s illegal moratorium on oil and gas leasing on federal public lands […]
AG Paxton Opposes EPA’s Establishment of Imprudent and Flawed National Standards for Greenhouse Gases
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton joined a multistate letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) opposing its potential adoption of National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act (CAA), which the multistate coalition […]
AG Paxton Joins 21 States in Amicus Brief to U.S. Supreme Court to Reexamine Spending Clause Precedent
Attorney General Paxton joined an Indiana-led amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court, with 22 states in all, in Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County v. Talevski, No. 21-806 (U.S.). The brief argues that the Court should reexamine outdated and […]
AG Paxton Joins Coalition to Stop Biden Administration from Regulating Non-Functional Firearm Parts
Attorney General Ken Paxton joined an Arizona-led 17-state complaint against the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), the Department of Justice, and the Acting Director of ATF, to fight the Biden administration’s unconstitutional rulemaking that would regulate firearm […]
