FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, Jan. 10, 2025 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 Attorney General Jeff Jackson to North Carolinians: Report Price Gouging During the Winter Storm RALEIGH – Today, Attorney General Jeff Jackson announced that the state’s price gouging law is in effect across the state after Governor Josh Stein declared a state of emergency […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, January 7, 2025 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 RALEIGH – Today, Attorney General Jeff Jackson sued six landlords for illegally working together and with the software company RealPage to raise North Carolinians’ rents. The six landlords are Greystar Real Estate Partners LLC, Blackstone’s LivCor LLC, Camden Property Trust, Cushman & Wakefield […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 ***Photos are available for media use here. RALEIGH – Today, Attorney General Jeff Jackson took the oath of office to become North Carolina’s Attorney General and lead the North Carolina Department of Justice. Mecklenburg County Superior Court Judge Donald Cureton, Jr. administered […]
For Immediate Release: Thursday, December 12, 2024 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 Today, Attorney General Josh Stein released the following statement announcing legal action challenging Senate Bill 382, the legislature’s blatant power grab: “Today, Governor Cooper and I have taken legal action to stop the legislature’s unconstitutional and dangerous power grab. This law threatens public […]
Friday, October 25, 2024 As crews repair more roads in western North Carolina and more people are able to get in and out of the region, contractors and tree removal companies are heading in to repair homes and remove storm debris. Many of these businesses are doing everything they can to help western North Carolinians, but unfortunately, […]
For Immediate Release: Friday, October 25, 2024 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (Raleigh) Attorney General Josh Stein announced today that North Carolinians now have an even more detailed view into their local governments’ spending of the $1.2 billion coming to counties and municipalities to address the opioid overdose crisis. The updated local view feature on the […]
For Immediate Release: Thursday, October 24, 2024 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein took actions this week to defend lifesaving health care for North Carolinians. He filed a friend-of-the-court brief asking the U.S. Supreme Court to protect a key provision of the of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that guarantees access […]
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, October 23, 2024 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that North Carolinians will see full prices upfront when they go to buy tickets to a game, a concert, or other live performance taking place in North Carolina. Attorney General Stein worked closely with legislators to […]
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, October 22, 2024 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 ***Pictures from today’s ceremony are available here. (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today honored North Carolinians in southeastern North Carolina with the Attorney General’s Dogwood Award. These awards are distributed to honor people who are working to improve the health, safety, and well-being […]
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, October 22, 2024 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following statement today after a district court refused to grant a preliminary injunction that would prevent certain U.S. citizens living overseas from voting. “I’m pleased that the court upheld a bipartisan law that the North Carolina […]