For Immediate Release: Wednesday, August 30, 2023 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today led a bipartisan coalition of 33 attorneys general calling on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and its Center for Tobacco Products to do more to protect kids from e-cigarettes. Attorney General Stein’s suggestions include limiting the […]
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, August 29, 2023 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that the price gouging law is in effect after Gov. Roy Cooper declared a statewide state of emergency in anticipation of Hurricane Idalia. “Hurricane Idalia is coming – please be prepared, and remember that North Carolina’s price […]
August 2023 People all over North Carolina are grappling with higher prices. It’s one thing when input costs go up, but it’s another thing altogether when we find hidden fees tacked on to purchase after purchase – hotel bills, concert tickets, bank accounts, and so many others. Your hard-earned money is even more precious in […]
For Immediate Release: Thursday, August 24, 2023 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today joined Gov. Roy Cooper as the Governor signed the Unfair Real Estate Agreements Act into law. The attorney general’s office worked closely with legislators and stakeholders to draft the bill. The Unfair Real Estate Agreements Act will prohibit […]
For Immediate Release: Thursday, August 24, 2023 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) As students begin a new school year in North Carolina, Attorney General Josh Stein shared resources with superintendents to help teachers, principals, and school staff, as well as students and families navigate the transition. “We’re sending our kids back to school this month, […]
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, August 23, 2023 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein urged the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold a federal law that will keep guns out of the hands of people with domestic violence orders against them. “Simply put, this law saves lives,” said Attorney General Josh Stein. “Keeping guns out of […]
For Immediate Release: Monday, August 21, 2023 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein joined a bipartisan group of 42 attorneys general urging the Supreme Court to protect veterans’ rights by ruling in favor of James Rudisill in Rudisill v. McDonough and granting Rudisill and thousands of other veterans the full GI benefits they […]
For Immediate Release: Monday, August 21, 2023 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein released the following statement after Freddie Anthony Jackson was convicted this month for a 1995 kidnapping and rape. A jury in New Hanover County found Jackson guilty of first degree kidnapping, two counts of first degree rape, two counts […]
For Immediate Release: Thursday, August 17, 2023 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today released the following statement after the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision limiting the use of the medication abortion drug mifepristone. Importantly, the Fifth Circuit’s decision has no immediate effect on mifepristone’s availability or use because the Supreme […]
For Immediate Release: Thursday, August 17, 2023 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein urged the North Carolina Supreme Court to prevent a credit union from unilaterally changing a North Carolinian’s contract so she couldn’t sue when they charged overdraft fees. In a friend-of-the-court brief filed in Canteen v. Charlotte Metro Credit Union […]