Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Paxton’s Fugi­tive Unit Rounds Up More than Forty Crim­i­nals in West Texas Operation

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced a successful fugitive apprehension operation in West Texas, resulting in the arrest of 44 individuals in the Lubbock and Abilene area.

June 06, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Suc­cess­ful­ly Strikes Down Uncon­sti­tu­tion­al Law that Gave In-State Tuition to Ille­gal Aliens

After filing a joint motion with the U.S. Department of Justice in federal court, Attorney General Ken Paxton successfully stopped a law that unconstitutionally provided in-state tuition to illegal aliens.

June 04, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Secures Prison Sen­tence for For­mer Texas State Troop­er Con­vict­ed of Child Sex­u­al Abuse

Attorney General Ken Paxton has secured a prison sentence of 14 years for Andrew Smith, a former Texas State Trooper, for Indecency with a Child.

June 02, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Secures Major Vic­to­ry Against Bor­der NGO Alleged­ly Har­bor­ing Ille­gal Aliens

Attorney General Ken Paxton secured a major victory at the Supreme Court of Texas, enabling a lawsuit against Annunciation House, a nongovernmental organization (“NGO”) accused of unlawfully harboring illegal aliens, to proceed forward.

May 30, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Urges Texas House to Pass Leg­is­la­tion to Ensure the Pros­e­cu­tion of Vot­er Fraud and Uphold Elec­tion Integrity

Attorney General Ken Paxton called on the Texas House of Representatives to pass strong election integrity legislation that would restore the Office of the Attorney General’s (“OAG”) ability to prosecute voter fraud when local officials refuse to do so.

May 28, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Announces Arrest of Two Ille­gal Aliens in Con­nec­tion with the Death of a Woman on Lake Grapevine

Attorney General Ken Paxton has announced the arrest of an illegal alien suspected of killing a woman kayaking on Lake Grapevine over the weekend and another illegal alien who helped her flee the scene of the crime.

May 27, 2025 | Press Release

Trump Admin­is­tra­tion Sup­ports Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Paxton’s Law­suit Against Black­Rock, State Street, and Van­guard for Ille­gal­ly Manip­u­lat­ing Ener­gy Markets

The Trump Administration’s Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) have taken legal action supporting Attorney General Ken Paxton’s lawsuit against BlackRock, State Street, and Vanguard for conspiring to artificially manipulate the coal market through anticompetitive trade practices.

May 23, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Urges Con­gress to Pass Nation­al Con­sti­tu­tion­al Con­cealed Car­ry Legislation

Attorney General Ken Paxton sent a multistate letter to Congress urging the passage of H.R. 38, the “Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act.”

May 21, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Announces Exe­cu­tion of Man Who Burned 76-Year-Old Grand­moth­er to Death in Gas Sta­tion Robbery

Attorney General Ken Paxton announced the execution of Matthew Lee Johnson, 49, for the murder of 76-year-old grandmother Nancy Harris.

May 20, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Announces the Arrest of Hous­ton Child Sex Traf­fick­er and Recov­ers Under­age Victim

Attorney General Ken Paxton announced the arrest of Deveon Dwayne Byrd for sex trafficking minors and the recovery of a 17-year-old victim in Houston, Texas.

May 20, 2025 | Press Release