FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, October 14, 2026 Contact: comms@ncdoj.gov 919-538-2809 RALEIGH — Attorney General Jeff Jackson and the North Carolina Department of Justice secured criminal convictions in 10 Court of Appeals opinions released Oct. 7, including a murder case in Gaston County, a rape case in Pitt County, and a child sex offense case in […]
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, October 14, 2026 Contact: comms@ncdoj.gov 919-538-2809 RALEIGH – Attorney General Jeff Jackson and Governor Josh Stein responded to Duke Energy’s proposal to create North Carolina’s first-ever large load tariff and establish rules that apply to data centers and other large energy users. On behalf of the state, Attorney General Jackson argued […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, October 13, 2026 Contact: comms@ncdoj.gov 919-538-2809 Drivers can report stations they believe aren’t passing the savings along RALEIGH – North Carolina’s 41-cent-per-gallon gas tax is suspended through Nov. 30, and Attorney General Jeff Jackson today put the state’s major gas retailers on notice that the law requires those savings to reach […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, October 12, 2026 Contact: comms@ncdoj.gov 919-538-2809 RALEIGH — Attorney General Jeff Jackson and a coalition of 24 other states opposed proposed harmful and unlawful changes to the Head Start program that could gut early childhood education in North Carolina. Head Start is a federally funded preschool program that helps address the […]
(Attorney General Jackson won a preliminary injunction in the case in May) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, October 12, 2026 Contact: comms@ncdoj.gov 919-538-2809 RALEIGH — A judge has ruled in Attorney General Jeff Jackson’s favor in his case against Holly Christina Photography and its two owners. “This case was about getting couples back the memories of […]
(AG Jackson participated in a 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb to honor victims and first responders.) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, October 6, 2026 Contact: comms@ncdoj.gov 919-538-2809 RALEIGH — Attorney General Jeff Jackson – who enlisted after the attacks of 9/11 and served in Afghanistan – and a bipartisan coalition of 30 attorneys general are asking the […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, October 6, 2026 Contact: comms@ncdoj.gov 919-538-2809 RALEIGH – Attorney General Jeff Jackson again argued that data centers should pay their fair share for the resources they use and the strain they put on North Carolina’s energy grid. In a filing with the North Carolina Utilities Commission, he argues that data centers […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, October 5, 2026 Contact: comms@ncdoj.gov 919-538-2809 RALEIGH —Attorney General Jeff Jackson is taking actions to restore air pollution safeguards at power plants and ensure North Carolinians can breathe clean air. Attorney General Jackson and a coalition of 25 states, counties, and cities sued the federal administration for eliminating pollution limits for […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, October 2, 2026 Contact: comms@ncdoj.gov 919-538-2809 RALEIGH — Attorney General Jeff Jackson’s bipartisan antitrust lawsuit over RealPage’s rent-pricing algorithm will continue after a court ruled in favor of Attorney General Jackson and denied the software company’s attempts to have the case thrown out. “RealPage helped landlords rig the system and charge […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, October 2, 2026 Contact: comms@ncdoj.gov 919-538-2809 RALEIGH – Attorney General Jeff Jackson is leading a bipartisan coalition of 45 attorneys general urging Congress to fully fund the U.S. Supreme Court’s Fiscal Year 2027 security request to help protect Supreme Court justices. Threats against the justices have escalated in volume, risk, and […]