For Immediate Release: Friday, November 22, 2019 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today opposed an unlawful proposal by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to gut the current standards that limit emissions of methane and other harmful pollutants from new, reconstructed, and modified facilities in the oil and natural gas industry. This sector is the largest industrial […]
For Immediate Release: Friday, November 22, 2019 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today led a coalition of 21 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in support of public servants who were promised federal student loan debt forgiveness in exchange for 10 years of public […]
For Immediate Release: Friday, November 22, 2019 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced he reached a $1.25 million settlement with a Wilmington family medicine physician, Dr. Dorothy Agbafe-Mosley, and her medical practice, Ave Maria Family Practice PLLC, to resolve allegations involving the submission of false claims for addiction treatment to the North Carolina Medicaid […]
For Immediate Release: Friday, November 15, 2019 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today urged the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to consider a rule on abusive non-compete clauses in employment contracts. Attorney General Stein joins a coalition of 19 attorneys general highlighting the damage these clauses do to workers, other businesses, and consumers. “North Carolina’s workers […]
For Immediate Release: Friday, November 15, 2019 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein pushed back against a federal proposal that would undermine children’s ability to obtain Special Immigrant Juvenile (SIJ) status. SIJ status protects abused, neglected, and abandoned children by allowing them to become legal residents, and eventually, U.S. citizens. The Trump administration’s proposal threatens to […]
For Immediate Release: Thursday, November 14, 2019 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein called on the U.S. Department of Education to forgive federal student loans for eligible ITT students as authorized by federal regulations. An estimated 52,000 former students are eligible for nearly $833 million in closed school discharge relief, but recent information indicates that only […]
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, November 13, 2019 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today urged Congress to support veterans struggling with substance use disorder and mental health issues by passing the Veteran Treatment Court Coordination Act of 2019. The legislation would provide grants and assistance to veteran treatment courts, diversion programs that help veterans with minor, […]
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, November 5, 2019 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that Tony Garrett Taylor, 39, pleaded guilty to health care fraud conspiracy and tax evasion in relation to a Medicaid fraud scheme that defrauded the North Carolina Medicaid program of more than $6.1 million. Taylor is a former Charlotte-area resident who […]
For Immediate Release: Monday, November 4, 2019 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that the North Carolina Criminal Justice Fellows (CJ Fellows) program is now accepting applications for its second class and encouraged high school seniors and graduates in North Carolina to use the opportunity to pursue careers in law enforcement. The program, run […]
For Immediate Release: Thursday, October 31, 2019 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today consented to Dogwood Health Trust and ANC Healthcare’s (formerly Mission Hospital) pick for an independent monitor. The monitor will ensure compliance with the consumer protections Attorney General Stein negotiated in relation to the Mission/HCA transaction. Attorney General Stein released the following statement […]