The Latest Breaking News from Ken Paxton

Five Texas women have filed a lawsuit against the state alleging its abortion bans have led to a ‘healthcare crisis’.

The women were refused abortions despite carrying nonviable pregnancies that posed major risks to their health

It sometimes seems that there is no check on Attorney General Ken Paxton’s malfeasance and ineptitude.

The Florida governor is largely expected to announce his candidacy in the summer

Legislators in at least two states are trying to allow transgender people to keep records of their name change out of the public record

U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman dismissed Attorney General Ken Paxton from the lawsuit, ruling he had no authority to enforce Texas’ abortion bans beyond state lines.

From today's decision by Judge Robert Pitman in Fund Texas Choice v. Paxton (W.D. Tex.): [T]he Court will grant [Texas AG Ken] Paxton's motion to dismiss and grant the preliminary injunction in part. Specifically, the Court finds that while Paxton has enforcement authority under H.B. 1280, the statute does not…

Lawmakers lowered the penalty to a misdemeanor in 2021, but then almost immediately began discussing raising it back.

AUSTIN, Texas – Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office made its case on Tuesday for state budget writers to fund a $3.3 million whistleblower settlement, saying the cost to keep fighting the lawsuit would be far higher.