For Immediate Release: Friday, June 28, 2024 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today released the following statement after the legislature adjourned its session on Thursday. “I thank the General Assembly for working with my office to help make people safer. By passing H495, which bans money laundering, the legislature has given […]
Friday, June 28, 2024 Some North Carolinians have noticed that they’ve been enrolled in health insurance through the Health Insurance Marketplace without their knowledge. Often, people are only learning of this enrollment when they file their taxes. If someone other than an insurance company you have selected for your coverage contacts you, be skeptical. Use […]
For Immediate Release: Thursday, June 27, 2024 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today released the following statement after the General Assembly passed H591, legislation that will modernize North Carolina’s sex crimes laws to address the emerging threats artificial intelligence (AI) poses to kids and families. The bill passed the House […]
For Immediate Release: Thursday, June 27, 2024 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today released the following statement after the United States Supreme Court reinstated a preliminary injunction protecting the right of women in Idaho to obtain an abortion when necessary to prevent serious health harms. Attorney General Stein previously filed a […]
For Immediate Release: Thursday, June 27, 2024 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein released the following statement after the United States Supreme Court today rejected Purdue Pharma’s bankruptcy plan, which included $6 billion to go towards fighting the opioid crisis. “Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family helped create and fuel an […]
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, June 26, 2024 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein commended his Medicaid Investigations Division (MID), the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services – Office of the Inspector General after Felicia Moore Jones was sentenced […]
For Immediate Release: Monday, June 24, 2024 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein filed a brief in support of a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) order that bans Intuit, the maker of TurboTax, from deceptively advertising “free” tax preparation software when its services were not actually free for most consumers. In the […]
For Immediate Release: Friday, June 21, 2024 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today released the following statement after the Supreme Court of the United States decided United States v. Rahimi, a case that confirmed that the government can restrict violent, dangerous people from possessing guns. “I applaud the Supreme Court’s decision […]
For Immediate Release: Friday, June 21, 2024 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today shared an update on the North Carolina State Crime Lab’s efforts to analyze evidence and upload DNA to the CODIS database, the system of local, state, and national criminal justice DNA databases. In April and May, the […]
June 2024 Serving as your Attorney General is an honor that comes with a tremendous responsibility to you, the people of North Carolina. I take that responsibility seriously and am excited to show you all how hard we’ve been working for you at the Department of Justice (DOJ). My talented colleagues and I work daily […]