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https://www.europesays.com/ie/527302/ Ken Paxton Investigates Protein Powders For Heavy Metals #CadmiumProteinSupplements #Éire #Health #IE #Ireland #KenPaxtonProteinPowder #LeadInProteinPowder #Nutrition #ProteinPowderHeavyMetals #ProteinPowderInvestigation #TexasAttorneyGeneralKenPaxton #TexasProteinPowderInvestigation

Ken Paxton Investigates Protein Powders For Heavy Metals

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has opened an industry-wide investigation into protein powder manufacturers over concerns that popul…
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https://www.europesays.com/2795489/ Judge blocks Texas AG’s bid to shut Bexar County immigrant legal-aid program #AmericanGateways #BexarCounty #DistrictJudgeMaryLouAlvarez #HarrisCounty #immigrant #ImmigrantLegalAid #ImmigrationLegalServices #JoeGonzales #RebecaClayFlores #TexasAttorneyGeneralKenPaxton

Texas' Fifteenth Court of Appeals opened the door for AG Ken Paxton to try to snuff out a Houston-based immigrants' rights group, based on allegations that it violated state tax law by criticizing President Donald Trump.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/immigration/2025/10/15/533415/fiel-houston-ken-paxton-immigrant-rights-appeals-court/

#Court #Houston #Immigration #Local #News #Politics #Texas #FIEL #FIELHouston #FifteenthCourtOfAppeals #HoustonNonprofits #ImmigrantRights #TexasAttorneyGeneralKenPaxton

Eight people affiliated with Houston-area health clinics accused of providing illegal abortions and operating without licenses were indicted, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said on Wednesday.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/2025/10/08/532893/8-people-affiliated-with-houston-woman-in-illegal-abortion-case-indicted-paxton-says/

#HealthScience #Healthcare #News #AbortionClinics #Abortions #TexasAbortionClinics #TexasAttorneyGeneralKenPaxton #TexasHealth

880,000 Texans Affected in PowerSchool Data Breach; Attorney General Launches Legal Action https://thecyberexpress.com/lawsuit-is-filed-over-powerschool-data-breach/ #TexasAttorneyGeneralKenPaxton #PowerSchoolcyberattack #PowerSchooldatabreach #TheCyberExpressNews #TheCyberExpress #DataBreachNews #databreachnews #FirewallDaily #TexasAttorney #LawsuitNews #PowerSchool #CyberNews #Lawsuit

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Tuesday that he will seek a court ruling declaring that state House Democrats who broke quorum and left the state have “abandoned their offices,” potentially allowing Gov. Greg Abbott to appoint their replacements.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2025/08/05/527957/ag-ken-paxton-will-seek-court-order-to-have-dems-who-have-broken-quorum-thrown-out-of-office/

#Court #Elections #National #News #Politics #Texas #Voting #2025TexasLegislature #QuorumBreak #SpecialSession #TexasAttorneyGeneralKenPaxton #TexasGovernorGregAbbott #TexasHouseDemocrats

Gov. Greg Abbott was initially resistant to the plan pushed by President Donald Trump’s political team to pick up new GOP seats through a rare mid-decade redistricting, according to two people who have spoken to Abbott and the White House about the behind-the-scenes discussions.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2025/07/22/526906/texas-republicans-gov-abbott-were-reluctant-to-redraw-congressional-maps-then-trump-got-involved/

#Local #News #Politics #GovGregAbbott #PresidentDonaldTrump #TexasAttorneyGeneralKenPaxton #TexasRedistricting #TexasTribune

The Texas Dream Act extended in-state tuition at public colleges and universities to students without legal status. The Justice Department sued Texas, calling the law unconstitutional. Texas' attorney general, and a federal judge, agreed.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/immigration/2025/07/01/525277/civil-rights-groups-sue-to-restore-texas-dream-act-after-federal-judge-blocks-it/

#Court #Education #EducationNews #Immigration #News #Politics #Texas #InStateTuition #TexasAttorneyGeneralKenPaxton #TexasColleges #TexasDreamAct #TexasUniversities #TrumpImmigrationPolicy

A Texas judge has temporarily shut down two Waller County clinics from providing medical services following the arrest of a midwife and two other clinic employees accused of performing illegal abortions.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/abortion/2025/03/20/516470/texas-judge-temporarily-shuts-down-houston-area-clinics-accused-of-providing-abortions/

#Abortion #Court #HealthScience #Local #News #Texas #Abortions #HoustonClinics #TexasAttorneyGeneralKenPaxton #TexasJudge #WallerCounty

Harris County is again at the center of a legal challenge filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who Thursday deemed a revised guaranteed income program unconstitutional.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/harris-county/2024/09/19/500409/texas-attorney-generals-office-again-sues-harris-county-over-proposed-basic-income-program/

#HarrisCounty #Local #News #Texas #GuaranteedIncomeProgram #KenPaxton #TexasAttorneyGeneralKenPaxton #UpliftHarris20

Attorney General Ken Paxton is threatening to sue counties that send out voter registration applications to people who haven’t specifically requested them. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/voting/2024/09/13/499961/paxton-threatens-to-sue-counties-that-send-out-voter-registration-applications-without-being-asked/

#Election2024 #HarrisCounty #Local #News #Politics #Voting #BEXARCOUNTY #TexasAttorneyGeneralKenPaxton #TexasVoterRegistration #TravisCounty

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton returned to court to press his case against the Biden administration’s workforce protections for transgender employees.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2024/08/19/497016/texas-sues-biden-again-to-block-federal-protections-for-transgender-workers/

#News #Texas #BidenAdministration #EqualEmploymentOpportunityCommission #HeritageFoundation #TexasAttorneyGeneralKenPaxton

Texas Attorney General opens investigation into CenterPoint’s handling of Hurricane Beryl

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2024/08/12/496324/texas-attorney-general-opens-investigation-into-centerpoints-handling-of-hurricane-beryl/

#Crime #EnergyEnvironment #Hurricane #News #Politics #Weather #CenterPointEnergy #Fraud #HurricaneBeryl #PublicUtilityCommissionOfTexas #TexasAttorneyGeneralKenPaxton #TexasAttorneyGeneralSOffice #TexasLegislature

The Supreme Court of Texas has blocked Harris County from making any further payments under the Uplift Harris guaranteed income pilot program for low-income households. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/harris-county/2024/04/23/484377/texas-supreme-court-blocks-further-payments-under-uplift-harris/

#Court #HarrisCounty #Local #News #Politics #CountyAttorneyChristianMenefee #HarrisCountyCommissionerRodneyEllis #HarrisCountyGuaranteedIncomeProgram #HarrisCountyJudgeLinaHidalgo #Poverty #SupremeCourtOfTexas #TexasAttorneyGeneralKenPaxton #TexasConstitution #UpliftHarris

International Terminals Company agreed to pay more than $6.6 million for natural resource damages caused by a 2019 fire that erupted inside the company's Deer Park terminal, state officials announced.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2024/04/03/482504/2019-deer-park-terminal-fire-settlement-reached-itc-to-pay-6-6-million-in-damages/

#EnergyEnvironment #Local #News #DeerPark #DeerParkTerminalFire #ITC #TexasAttorneyGeneralKenPaxton

The Texas attorney general has opened an investigation into a company that manufactures Boeing parts, it announced Thursday.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/transportation/2024/04/01/482172/the-texas-attorney-general-is-investigating-a-supplier-of-boeing-737-parts/

#News #Transportation #Boeing #Boeing737 #SpiritAeroSystems #TexasAttorneyGeneralKenPaxton

In a stunning decision announced just weeks before he was scheduled to face a jury, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has reached a deal with prosecutors to have the felony securities fraud charges against him dropped and his trial canceled.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/2024/03/26/481643/texas-attorney-general-ken-paxton-cuts-deal-to-have-fraud-charges-dropped-trial-canceled/

#News #KenPaxton #TexasAttorneyGeneralKenPaxton

Implementation of SB 4, a Texas law that allows local and state police officers to arrest people suspected of being in the country illegally, was once again put on hold Monday by the United States Supreme Court.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/border/2024/03/19/480969/controversial-texas-immigration-law-put-on-hold-again-by-u-s-supreme-court-pending-further-order/

#Border #News #SenateBill4 #TexasAttorneyGeneralKenPaxton #TexasBorder #TexasCivilRights

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing the owners of Colony Ridge, a controversial Liberty County housing development, for deceptive trade practices and fraud in real estate transactions.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/infrastructure/development/2024/03/15/480709/texas-ag-ken-paxton-sues-colony-ridge-alleging-deceptive-trade-practices-and-fraud/

#Development #News #ColonyRidge #ColonyRidgeDevelopment #OfficeOfAttorneyGeneral #TexasAttorneyGeneralKenPaxton

Lawyers for Attorney General Ken Paxton seek dismissal of state securities fraud charges

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/court/2024/02/07/476873/lawyers-for-attorney-general-ken-paxton-seek-dismissal-of-state-securities-fraud-charges/

#Court #CriminalJustice #News #Politics #TTN #KenPaxtonSecuritiesFraud #SecuritiesFraudCharges #SixthAmendment #SpecialProsecutor #SpeedyTrial #TexasAttorneyGeneralKenPaxton

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing five cities — Austin, San Marcos, Killeen, Elgin and Denton — to block their ordinances decriminalizing low-level marijuana possession.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/crime/2024/02/01/476059/ken-paxton-sues-five-texas-cities-that-decriminalized-marijuana/

#Crime #News #DecriminalizeMarijuana #TexasAttorneyGeneralKenPaxton #TexasLegislature #TexasLocalGovernmentCode

Harris County is defending its guaranteed income pilot program against a potential legal challenge from the state.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/harris-county/2024/01/31/476023/menefee-charts-defense-of-harris-countys-guaranteed-income-pilot-program-to-ag/

#Court #HarrisCounty #Local #News #Politics #CountyAttorneyChristianMenefee #GuaranteedIncomeProgram #StateSenatorPaulBettencourt #TexasAttorneyGeneralKenPaxton #TexasAttorneyGeneralSOffice #TexasConstitution #TexasSupremeCourt #UpliftHarris

Harris County is reporting 59,431 applications for Uplift Harris as of last Thursday. That’s stiff competition for fewer than 2,000 slots in the guaranteed income pilot program.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/harris-county/2024/01/22/475113/commissioner-rodney-ellis-harris-county-is-prepared-to-defend-its-guaranteed-income-pilot-program-in-court/

#Court #HarrisCounty #Local #News #Politics #GuaranteedIncomeProgram #HarrisCountyCommissionerRodneyEllis #StateSenatorPaulBettencourt #TexasAttorneyGeneralKenPaxton #UpliftHarris

State Senator Paul Bettencourt is asking Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to rule Harris County’s pilot guaranteed income program unconstitutional.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/harris-county/2024/01/18/474833/paul-bettencourt-challenges-guaranteed-income-harris-county-pilot-program-legality/

#HarrisCounty #Local #News #Politics #CountyAttorneyChristianMenefee #GuaranteedIncomeProgram #HighPovertyNeighborhoods #StateSenatorPaulBettencourt #TexasAttorneyGeneralKenPaxton #TexasConstitution #UpliftHarris