Attorney General Office

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton started investigating Dallas ISD after a secretly recorded video suggested a district employee wasn’t following state law requiring students to participate in sports based on their biological sex at birth. That person is no longer with the district.

Ken Paxton has sent letters to Richardson and Hutto ISDs requesting they turn over their policies related to a state law requiring students participate in sports aligned with their assigned sex at birth. It comes after he demanded documents from Dallas and Irving ISDs.

Paxton’s letters to both districts are based on secretly recorded videos suggesting Dallas and Irving ISD officials may have violated a 2022 Texas law requiring public school students compete in athletic competitions based on their biological sex only.

Both lawsuits stem from the attorney general's attempt to call into question the results of the 2020 presidential election.

The Texas Supreme Court on Friday said Ken Paxton won't have to sit for a deposition in a 2020 whistleblower lawsuit filed by former employees. The claim he fired them after reporting him to the FBI for bribery, abuse of office and other allegations.

The statement from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton "corrects falsehoods" from critics who say death row inmate Robert Roberson was unjustifiably convicted in the death of his toddler child.

The attorney general is requesting that the Texas secretary of state cross reference individuals who are registered to vote but don't have a state ID or driver's license.

The ruling cleared the way for the State Fair of Texas to legally ban firearms from Fair Park beginning Friday.

Paxton's office requested the court put an emergency pause on the ban he says is illegal.

Frisco ISD is the seventh and final district to settle in a lawsuit accusing the district of illegally using public funds to advocate against school vouchers. The result leaves open questions about how schools can talk about elections.

Attorney General Ken Paxton's office wanted a judge to put a stop to the State Fair's gun ban before the fair opens Sept. 27.

Paxton's office withdrew a 2016 opinion ruling government entities — like Dallas — are not liable when private businesses ban guns on government-leased property.