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Texas Tech Medical School Settles Suit Over Alleged Race-Based Admissions Practices

A group led by Stephen Miller, President Donald Trump’s deputy chief of staff, is claiming victory after it got a commitment from Texas Tech’s medical school not to consider race in admission decisions, which the school continues to deny ever …

Texas Asks Wall Street Firms for Details About DEI Efforts

Texas and nine other Republican-led states are ratcheting up pressure on Wall Street’s diversity programs, asking firms about their policies on hiring and supplier selections as the Trump administration moves to gut DEI. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton wrote on …

Texas Lawsuit Alleges Allstate Illegally Collects Driver Data

The State of Texas on Monday filed a lawsuit against Allstate, alleging the insurance company illegally collects driver data through secretly embedded software in mobile apps and then uses the data to justify raising Texans’ insurance rates. Texas Attorney General …

Texas AG Files Second Lawsuit Against TikTok Over Explicit Content

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Thursday sued TikTok for the second time in recent months, accusing the social media company of violating deceptive trade law by downplaying its addictiveness and exposing children to explicit material. The suit argues that …

Texas Accuses Allstate-Owned Arity of Data Privacy Violations

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a notice of violation against Allstate-owned Arity, a mobile data company that collects drivers’ information, for breaching the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act (TDPSA). The Nov. 29 notice alleges Arity fails to …

Texas Sues Chemical Manufacturers for Deceptive PFAS Marketing

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit on Dec. 11 against manufacturers 3M and DuPont for misrepresenting the health risks of products made with forever chemicals The lawsuit alleges the companies for decades manufactured, marketed, and sold an array …

Texas AG Sues Dallas Pediatrician Over Providing Hormone Treatment to Teens

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against a Dallas pediatrician, accusing her of violating state law by providing gender-transitioning treatments to at least 21 teenage patients. Thursday’s filing is Paxton’s first attempt at suing a doctor by …

Texas AG Sues TikTok For Violating State’s New Social Media Law

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued TikTok on Thursday for sharing and selling minors’ personal information, violating a new state law that seeks to protect children who are active on social media, accusations that the company denied hours later. The …

Texas Sues GM for Allegedly Collecting Drivers’ Data, Then Selling it to Insurers

General Motors GM.N has been sued by the state of Texas, which accused the automaker of installing technology on more than 14 million vehicles to collect data about drivers, which it then sold to insurers and other companies without drivers’ …

Lubbock, Texas to Vote on Marijuana Despite Attorney General Lawsuit

LUBBOCK — An effort to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana in Lubbock is moving forward, despite Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton suing five cities this week for doing the same. Lubbock Compact, the organization behind the proposed initiative, …