For Immediate Release: Thursday, July 23, 2020 Contact: Laura Brewer (919) 716-6484 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein obtained preliminary injunctions against Chapel Hill contractor Jorge Alberto Garcia, his company JH Home Improvements Inc., and his wife Helen Smith Flores, preventing the defendants from contacting any customers, performing home repair and home improvement work, and collecting […]
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, July 22, 2020 Contact: Laura Brewer (919) 716-6484 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein announced that Tony Garrett Taylor was sentenced to 96 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release by the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina for stealing more than $6.1 million […]
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, July 21, 2020 Contact: Laura Brewer (919) 716-6484 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein this week filed two lawsuits against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over the agency’s rollbacks of decades of environmental protections under the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act that would harm North Carolinians’ health and North […]
For Immediate Release: Monday, July 20, 2020 Contact: Laura Brewer (919) 716-6484 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today joined a coalition of 23 attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to stop a new Trump Administration rule that makes it easier for health care providers and insurance companies to discriminate against certain vulnerable and protected classes […]
For Immediate Release: Thursday, July 16, 2020 Contact: Laura Brewer (919) 716-6484 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today released a statement in response to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)’s decision to reject a petition that would have ended state net metering programs. These programs allow homeowners to install solar panels and sell back to […]
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, July 15, 2020 Contact: Laura Brewer (919) 716-6484 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today filed a lawsuit against Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and the U.S. Department of Education (ED) challenging their action to unlawfully repeal the 2016 borrower defense regulations and replace them with regulations that benefit predatory for-profit schools […]
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, July 14, 2020 Contact: Laura Brewer (919) 716-6484 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today called on the United States Senate to provide at least $50 billion in the next federal stimulus bill for child care providers struggling during the COVID-19 pandemic. “Right now, families across the nation are struggling to balance […]
For Immediate Release: Monday, July 13, 2020 Contact: Laura Brewer (919) 716-6484 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced a $117 million settlement with Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS, Inc.) and UHS of Delaware Inc. to settle allegations of conduct violating the Federal False Claims Act and the North Carolina False Claims Act and resulting […]
Attorney General Josh Stein July 2020 While we continue to respond to the coronavirus pandemic, it’s easy to forget that hurricane season began in June. But Hurricane Dorian hit North Carolina last year, and parts of our state are still recovering from the damage. As the peak of hurricane season approaches and while cases of […]
This press release was sent from the Office of Gov. Roy Cooper on July 9, 2020. RALEIGH: Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced the members of the North Carolina Task Force for Racial Equity in Criminal Justice, co-chaired by Justice Anita Earls and Attorney General Josh Stein. The Task Force will meet at 10:00 am on Friday, […]