Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against the San Antonio Independent School District (SAISD) over its decision to impose a vaccine mandate on staff as a condition of employment. Paxton’s complaint (pdf), filed on Aug. 19 at the District Court in Bexar County, Texas, seeks a temporary restraining order against a decision announced by…
Texas AG Sues San Antonio School System Over COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for Staff
Texas Attorney General: Federal Government Can’t Order Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccinations
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton argued that he doesn’t believe the federal government can order mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations or mask-wearing. “I don’t think the federal government can order this, and so it’s going to be up to the states to decide what they’re going to do,” Paxton told Newsmax over the weekend, adding that he…
Trump Endorses Texas AG Ken Paxton for Reelection
Former President Donald Trump endorsed the incumbent Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton for reelection over his primary challenger George P. Bush, son of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush. “Ken is strong on Crime, Border Security, the Second Amendment, Election Integrity, and, above all, our Constitution. He loves our Military and our Vets. It is going to…
Texas AG Paxton Says He Endorses Election Audit in Texas
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said he endorses an audit of the state’s 2020 election results, coming days after a state representative introduced a bill that would carry out an election review of Texas’s 13 most populous counties. “I don’t know why we wouldn’t want to give people confidence in our elections, and give them…
Suing Big Tech to Stop Its Web Ad Dominance—Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Big Tech Censorship
“This is a country about ideas. People had differing ideas … They didn’t always agree on the ideas. We’d have … vigorous debates. But ideas were never cut out,” says Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, concerned by Big Tech’s expanding control of information and censorship of conservative voices. Texas is one of many states suing…
Deep Dive (July 19): Paxton: Texas Democrats Could Be Arrested as Soon as They Return
Hundreds of supporters called on the White House and the international community over the weekend to help the Cuban people protesting the communist regime. But it’s not just across the United States. Cuban exiles also gathered in Chile’s capital over the weekend, as well as in the Dominican Republic, to show their support and call for…
Texas Now Investigating 386 More Cases of Voter Fraud, Attorney General Tells CPAC
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Sunday told an audience at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) his office is investigating nearly 400 more cases of voter fraud and called on audience members that concern about election fraud is not overblown. The 386 cases that are being investigated come in addition to more than 500…
Over 500 Election Fraud Cases Are Pending in Texas Courts: Attorney General
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced over the weekend that his office still has more than 500 election fraud cases that need to be heard in court. The attorney general made the announcement after a woman was arrested by the state Election Fraud Unit late last week for multiple counts of election fraud, according to…
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Texas AG Sues Biden Administration Over ‘Power Grab’ to Rescind Healthcare Funding
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Friday announced he filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration over its decision to rescind a Medicaid waiver extension that would provide billions of dollars to state hospitals. When federal officials in April rescinded the extension, they said Texas can re-apply when the waiver extension expires in 2022. Liz…
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