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February 22, 2023 at 2:53 PM

Paxton Sends Message to Joe Biden and Antony Blinken Demanding that Violent Mexican Drug Cartels be Designated and Treated as Foreign Terrorist Organizations

Paxton Sends Message to Joe Biden and Antony Blinken Demanding that Violent Mexican Drug Cartels be Designated and Treated as Foreign Terrorist Organizations FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 22, 2023 www.texasattorneygeneral.gov PRESS OFFICE: (…
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February 21, 2023 at 2:50 PM

Paxton Defends Florida Law that Prevents Biological Males from Competing in Women’s Sports

Paxton Defends Florida Law that Prevents Biological Males from Competing in Women?s Sports FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 21, 2023 www.texasattorneygeneral.gov PRESS OFFICE: (512) 463-2050 [email protected] ? Paxton De…
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February 17, 2023 at 5:03 PM

Paxton Encourages Congress to Disapprove Biden Administration’s ESG Rule

Paxton Encourages Congress to Disapprove Biden Administration?s ESG Rule FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 17, 2023 www.texasattorneygeneral.gov PRESS OFFICE: (512) 463-2050 [email protected] ? Paxton Encourages Congress …
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February 17, 2023 at 2:46 PM

Child Sex Offender Receives 25-Year Prison Sentence Due to Efforts by Paxton’s Criminal Prosecutions Division

Child Sex Offender Receives 25-Year Prison Sentence Due to Efforts by Paxton?s Criminal Prosecutions Division FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 17, 2023 www.texasattorneygeneral.gov PRESS OFFICE: (512) 463-2050 [email protected]
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February 16, 2023 at 10:43 PM

Paxton Petitions Texas Supreme Court to Prevent an Unlawful Charter Amendment From Being Placed on San Antonio Voters’ Ballots in the Upcoming May Election

Paxton Petitions Texas Supreme Court to Prevent an Unlawful Charter Amendment From Being Placed on San Antonio Voters? Ballots in the Upcoming May Election FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 16, 2023 www.texasattorneygeneral.gov PRESS OFFICE: (51…
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February 16, 2023 at 2:58 PM

Paxton Builds on Previous Efforts to Stop Unlawful Federal Student Loan Program

Paxton Builds on Previous Efforts to Stop Unlawful Federal Student Loan Program FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 16, 2023 www.texasattorneygeneral.gov PRESS OFFICE: (512) 463-2050 [email protected] ? Paxton Builds on Pre…
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February 15, 2023 at 11:28 PM

Paxton Sues Biden for Signing Unconstitutional $1.7 Trillion Spending Bill

Paxton Sues Biden for Signing Unconstitutional $1.7 Trillion Spending Bill FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 15, 2023 www.texasattorneygeneral.gov PRESS OFFICE: (512) 463-2050 [email protected] ? Paxton Sues Biden for Sig…
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February 15, 2023 at 7:40 PM

Paxton Denounces Biden’s Unconstitutional Call for the Banning of Certain Firearms Used Every Day by Law-Abiding Americans

Paxton Denounces Biden?s Unconstitutional Call for the Banning of Certain Firearms Used Every Day by Law-Abiding Americans FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 15, 2023 www.texasattorneygeneral.gov PRESS OFFICE: (512) 463-2050 [email protected]
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February 15, 2023 at 2:50 PM

Paxton Files Motion Urging Court to Halt New Biden Program that Invites Hundreds of Thousands of Aliens into the Country Every Year

Paxton Files Motion Urging Court to Halt New Biden Program that Invites Hundreds of Thousands of Aliens into the Country Every Year FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 15, 2023 www.texasattorneygeneral.gov PRESS OFFICE: (512) 463-2050 Communicatio…
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February 14, 2023 at 8:38 PM

Paxton Sues Biden Administration to Prevent it from Blocking Texas’s Management of its Own Environment

Paxton Sues Biden Administration to Prevent it from Blocking Texas?s Management of its Own Environment FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 14, 2023 www.texasattorneygeneral.gov PRESS OFFICE: (512) 463-2050 [email protected]
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February 14, 2023 at 6:16 PM

Paxton Condemns Yelp for Discriminating Against Crisis Pregnancy Centers

Paxton Condemns Yelp for Discriminating Against Crisis Pregnancy Centers FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 14, 2023 www.texasattorneygeneral.gov PRESS OFFICE: (512) 463-2050 [email protected] ? Paxton Condemns Yelp for Di…
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February 14, 2023 at 2:53 PM

Paxton Warns CVS and Walgreens on the Illegalities of Sending Abortion Pills Through the Mail

Paxton Warns CVS and Walgreens on the Illegalities of Sending Abortion Pills Through the Mail FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 14, 2023 www.texasattorneygeneral.gov PRESS OFFICE: (512) 463-2050 [email protected] ? Paxton…
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February 13, 2023 at 4:43 PM

ICYMI: Paxton Publishes Op-Ed on the Importance of Attorneys General Fighting Back Against the Biden Administration’s Lawlessness

ICYMI: Paxton Publishes Op-Ed on the Importance of Attorneys General Fighting Back Against the Biden Administration?s Lawlessness FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 13, 2023 www.texasattorneygeneral.gov PRESS OFFICE: (512) 463-2050 Communications…
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February 13, 2023 at 2:47 PM

Investigation by Paxton’s Medicaid Fraud Unit Helps Lead to Arrest of Nine Individuals Accused of Distributing 1.5 Million Opioid Pills

Investigation by Paxton?s Medicaid Fraud Unit Helps Lead to Arrest of Nine Individuals Accused of Distributing 1.5 Million Opioid Pills FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 13, 2023 www.texasattorneygeneral.gov PRESS OFFICE: (512) 463-2050 Communic…
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February 10, 2023 at 5:09 PM

Attorney General Paxton’s Law Enforcement Round-Up: January 1–15, 2023

Attorney General Paxton?s Law Enforcement Round-Up: January 1?15, 2023 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 10, 2023 www.texasattorneygeneral.gov PRESS OFFICE: (512) 463-2050 [email protected] ? Attorney General Paxton?s Law…
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February 10, 2023 at 2:44 PM

Paxton Urges Court to Issue Preliminary Injunction Against Biden’s Unlawful “Waters of the United States” Rule

Paxton Urges Court to Issue Preliminary Injunction Against Biden?s Unlawful ?Waters of the United States? Rule FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 10, 2023 www.texasattorneygeneral.gov PRESS OFFICE: (512) 463-2050 [email protected]
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February 9, 2023 at 7:56 PM

Paxton Sues Biden Administration to Block Illegal Rule that Infringes on the Second Amendment Rights of Americans

Paxton Sues Biden Administration to Block Illegal Rule that Infringes on the Second Amendment Rights of Americans FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 9, 2023 www.texasattorneygeneral.gov PRESS OFFICE: (512) 463-2050 [email protected]
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February 9, 2023 at 4:10 PM

Paxton Urges Congress to Curtail the Biden Administration’s Use of Emergency Powers to Implement a Left-Wing Agenda

Paxton Urges Congress to Curtail the Biden Administration?s Use of Emergency Powers to Implement a Left-Wing Agenda FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 9, 2023 www.texasattorneygeneral.gov PRESS OFFICE: (512) 463-2050 [email protected]
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February 8, 2023 at 5:38 PM

Paxton Issues Consumer Alert to Help Inform Texans of their Consumer Rights Following Last Week’s Ice Storms

Paxton Issues Consumer Alert to Help Inform Texans of their Consumer Rights Following Last Week’s Ice Storms FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 8, 2023 www.texasattorneygeneral.gov PRESS OFFICE: (512) 463-2050 [email protected]
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February 8, 2023 at 3:12 PM

Paxton Calls on Congress to Give States the Ability to Better Combat Prisoners’ Use of Contraband Cell Phones

Paxton Calls on Congress to Give States the Ability to Better Combat Prisoners? Use of Contraband Cell Phones FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 8, 2023 www.texasattorneygeneral.gov PRESS OFFICE: (512) 463-2050 [email protected]
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February 7, 2023 at 11:25 PM

Paxton Sues Biden to Stop HHS from Illegally Forcing Pharmacies to Provide Abortion-Inducing Drugs

Paxton Sues Biden to Stop HHS from Illegally Forcing Pharmacies to Provide Abortion-Inducing Drugs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 7, 2023 www.texasattorneygeneral.gov PRESS OFFICE: (512) 463-2050 [email protected] ? Pa…
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February 7, 2023 at 5:01 PM

Paxton Joins Amicus Brief to Block the VA from Providing Taxpayer-Funded Abortions

Paxton Joins Amicus Brief to Block the VA from Providing Taxpayer-Funded Abortions FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 7, 2023 www.texasattorneygeneral.gov PRESS OFFICE: (512) 463-2050 [email protected] ? Paxton Joins Amicu…
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February 7, 2023 at 2:52 PM

Paxton Fights to Ensure that Those Who Encourage Unlawful Border Crossings and Violent Crimes Face Prosecution

Paxton Fights to Ensure that Those Who Encourage Unlawful Border Crossings and Violent Crimes Face Prosecution FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 7, 2023 www.texasattorneygeneral.gov PRESS OFFICE: (512) 463-2050 [email protected]
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February 6, 2023 at 5:02 PM

Paxton Fights to Stop Large Outside Groups from Receiving More than Victims in Class Action Cases

Paxton Fights to Stop Large Outside Groups from Receiving More than Victims in Class Action Cases FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 6, 2023 www.texasattorneygeneral.gov PRESS OFFICE: (512) 463-2050 [email protected] ? Pax…
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February 6, 2023 at 2:46 PM

Paxton Notifies Biden Administration of Intent to Sue Over Federal Infringement of Texans’ Property Rights and the State’s Conservation Policies

Paxton Notifies Biden Administration of Intent to Sue Over Federal Infringement of Texans? Property Rights and the State?s Conservation Policies FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 6, 2023 www.texasattorneygeneral.gov PRESS OFFICE: (512) 463-2050 …
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February 3, 2023 at 2:46 PM

Paxton Sends Letter to FDA Criticizing Unlawful Changes that Put Women and Unborn Children in Danger from Abortion Drugs

Paxton Sends Letter to FDA Criticizing Unlawful Changes that Put Women and Unborn Children in Danger from Abortion Drugs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 3, 2023 www.texasattorneygeneral.gov PRESS OFFICE: (512) 463-2050 [email protected]
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February 2, 2023 at 2:47 PM

Paxton Reaches Settlement Worth Over Half a Million Dollars After Magellan Terminals Holdings Violated the Texas Clean Air Act

Paxton Reaches Settlement Worth Over Half a Million Dollars After Magellan Terminals Holdings Violated the Texas Clean Air Act FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 2, 2023 www.texasattorneygeneral.gov PRESS OFFICE: (512) 463-2050 Communications@oag…
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February 1, 2023 at 8:40 PM

Paxton Leads Effort to Stop Biden Administration from Forcing Left-Wing “Sexual Orientation” and “Gender Identity” Policies on States

Paxton Leads Effort to Stop Biden Administration from Forcing Left-Wing ?Sexual Orientation? and ?Gender Identity? Policies on States FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 1, 2023 www.texasattorneygeneral.gov PRESS OFFICE: (512) 463-2050 Communicati…
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February 1, 2023 at 7:16 PM

Paxton Files Motion in Federal Court to End Unlawful Biden DACA Rule

Paxton Files Motion in Federal Court to End Unlawful Biden DACA Rule FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 1, 2023 www.texasattorneygeneral.gov PRESS OFFICE: (512) 463-2050 [email protected] ? Paxton Files Motion in Federal C…
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February 1, 2023 at 2:48 PM

Paxton Commends SCOTX Ruling That Opens the Door for Better Educational Opportunities for Students in the Houston School District

Paxton Commends SCOTX Ruling That Opens the Door for Better Educational Opportunities for Students in the Houston School District FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 1, 2023 www.texasattorneygeneral.gov PRESS OFFICE: (512) 463-2050 Communications@…
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January 31, 2023 at 2:02 PM

Paxton Letter to House Judiciary and Oversight Committees Urges Action, Offers Support for Investigation of the Biden Border Crisis

Paxton Letter to House Judiciary and Oversight Committees Urges Action, Offers Support for Investigation of the Biden Border Crisis FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 31, 2023 www.texasattorneygeneral.gov PRESS OFFICE: (512) 463-2050 Communication…
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January 30, 2023 at 9:54 PM

Notification of Request for Opinion (RQ-0499-KP)

Notification of Request for Opinion (RQ-0499-KP) Request for Opinion RQ-0499-KP  Received: January 13, 2023 RE: Whether an amusement machine is a gambling device under section 47.01 of the Penal Code where the amount awarded from play is determined entirely by skill Requested by: Hous…
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January 30, 2023 at 7:05 PM

Paxton Sends Letter to Woke Companies Attempting to Force Shareholders to Adopt a Left-Wing Agenda

Paxton Sends Letter to Woke Companies Attempting to Force Shareholders to Adopt a Left-Wing Agenda FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 30, 2023 www.texasattorneygeneral.gov PRESS OFFICE: (512) 463-2050 [email protected] ? Pa…
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January 30, 2023 at 5:16 PM

Paxton Applauds Special Master Order to Make Rio Grande Agreement Documents Available to the Public

Paxton Applauds Special Master Order to Make Rio Grande Agreement Documents Available to the Public FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 30, 2023 www.texasattorneygeneral.gov PRESS OFFICE: (512) 463-2050 [email protected] ? P…
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January 30, 2023 at 2:51 PM

Paxton Issues Consumer Alert Warning Texans of Scammers in the Aftermath of the Houston Storms

Paxton Issues Consumer Alert Warning Texans of Scammers in the Aftermath of the Houston Storms FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 30, 2023 www.texasattorneygeneral.gov PRESS OFFICE: (512) 463-2050 [email protected]   Paxton…
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January 26, 2023 at 9:49 PM

Paxton Sues Biden Administration to Stop It From Risking American Workers’ Retirements by Promoting Woke ESG Goals

Paxton Sues Biden Administration to Stop It From Risking American Workers? Retirements by Promoting Woke ESG Goals FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 26, 2023 www.texasattorneygeneral.gov PRESS OFFICE: (512) 463-2050 [email protected]
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January 25, 2023 at 2:49 PM

Paxton Announces Kristen House as Director of Communications

Paxton Announces Kristen House as Director of Communications FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 25, 2023 www.texasattorneygeneral.gov PRESS OFFICE: (512) 463-2050 [email protected] ? Paxton Announces Kristen House as Direct…
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January 24, 2023 at 9:28 PM

Notification of Request for Opinion (RQ-0498-KP)

Notification of Request for Opinion (RQ-0498-KP) Request for Opinion RQ-0498-KP  Received: January 24, 2023 RE: Whether, under Texas Constitution article XVI, section 40, a state employee receiving all or part of their compensation from state funds may also receive compensation as an …
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January 24, 2023 at 8:49 PM

Paxton Sues Biden Administration to Stop New Program that Would Allow Hundreds of Thousands of Aliens to Come into the Country Every Year

Paxton Sues Biden Administration to Stop New Program that Would Allow Hundreds of Thousands of Aliens to Come into the Country Every Year FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 24, 2023 www.texasattorneygeneral.gov PRESS OFFICE: (512) 463-2050 Communi…
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January 24, 2023 at 2:50 PM

Paxton Announces Investigation of Home Title Lock for Potentially Misleading Texas Consumers

Paxton Announces Investigation of Home Title Lock for Potentially Misleading Texas Consumers FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 24, 2023 www.texasattorneygeneral.gov PRESS OFFICE: (512) 463-2050 [email protected] ? Paxton A…
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January 23, 2023 at 7:43 PM

Attorney General Paxton’s Law Enforcement Round-Up: December 1–31, 2022

Attorney General Paxton?s Law Enforcement Round-Up: December 1?31, 2022 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 23, 2023 www.texasattorneygeneral.gov PRESS OFFICE: (512) 463-2050 [email protected] ? Attorney General Paxton?s Law…
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January 23, 2023 at 6:22 PM

Paxton Joins Amicus Brief to Defend Individual Rights and Strengthen the Nondelegation Doctrine

Paxton Joins Amicus Brief to Defend Individual Rights and Strengthen the Nondelegation Doctrine FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 23, 2023 www.texasattorneygeneral.gov PRESS OFFICE: (512) 463-2050 [email protected] ? Paxto…
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January 20, 2023 at 10:28 PM

Paxton Secures Over $10 Billion in Opioid Funds from CVS and Walgreens

Paxton Secures Over $10 Billion in Opioid Funds from CVS and Walgreens FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 20, 2023 www.texasattorneygeneral.gov PRESS OFFICE: (512) 463-2050 [email protected] ? Paxton Secures Over $10 Billio…
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January 20, 2023 at 10:10 PM

Paxton Announces that Texas Has Joined $2.37 Billion Settlement With Opioid Manufacturer Allergan

Paxton Announces that Texas Has Joined $2.37 Billion Settlement With Opioid Manufacturer Allergan FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 20, 2023 www.texasattorneygeneral.gov PRESS OFFICE: (512) 463-2050 [email protected] ? Pax…
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January 18, 2023 at 10:47 PM

Paxton Sues Biden’s Department of Health and Human Services to Prevent the WHO from Exerting Alarming Authority Over the United States

Paxton Sues Biden?s Department of Health and Human Services to Prevent the WHO from Exerting Alarming Authority Over the United States FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 18, 2023 www.texasattorneygeneral.gov PRESS OFFICE: (512) 463-2050 Communicat…
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January 18, 2023 at 8:21 PM

Paxton Files Lawsuit to Strike Down the Biden Administration’s Unlawful Waters of the United States Rule

Paxton Files Lawsuit to Strike Down the Biden Administration?s Unlawful Waters of the United States Rule FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 18, 2023 www.texasattorneygeneral.gov PRESS OFFICE: (512) 463-2050 [email protected]
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January 18, 2023 at 4:51 PM

Notification of Request for Opinion (RQ-0497-KP)

Notification of Request for Opinion (RQ-0497-KP) Request for Opinion RQ-0497-KP  Received: January 18, 2023 RE: Whether a volunteer fire department is a political subdivision for purposes of a land exchange with a county under Local Government Code subsection 263.006(e) Requested by: …
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January 12, 2023 at 3:09 PM

Paxton Petitions U.S. Supreme Court to Hear CFPB Case to Limit the Power of Unelected and Unaccountable Washington Bureaucrats

Paxton Petitions U.S. Supreme Court to Hear CFPB Case to Limit the Power of Unelected and Unaccountable Washington Bureaucrats FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 12, 2023 www.texasattorneygeneral.gov PRESS OFFICE: (512) 463-2050 Communications@oag…
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January 11, 2023 at 3:15 PM

Paxton Criticizes Burdensome Government Regulation and Urges SCOTUS Take Up Case to Limit the Power of Federal Agencies

Paxton Criticizes Burdensome Government Regulation and Urges SCOTUS Take Up Case to Limit the Power of Federal Agencies FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 11, 2023 www.texasattorneygeneral.gov PRESS OFFICE: (512) 463-2050 [email protected].…
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January 10, 2023 at 8:36 PM

Notification of Request for Opinion (RQ-0496-KP)

Notification of Request for Opinion (RQ-0496-KP) Request for Opinion RQ-0496-KP? Received: January 9, 2023 RE: Whether city council places are separate offices subject to a city charter?s term-limit provisions, and whether the mayor pro-tem position is a separate office from a council…