September 2023 Protecting the people of North Carolina must be job one for the people who serve our state. It certainly is for the men and women in law enforcement who keep our communities safe each day. But law enforcement agencies across the state are facing significant staff shortages, and they’re struggling to hire and […]
For Immediate Release: Friday, September 22, 2023 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today released the following statement after the North Carolina General Assembly passed Senate Bill 749. “Republican legislators are undermining our democracy and jeopardizing early voting with their elections power-grab. Our elected officials are supposed to represent the people and […]
For Immediate Release: Thursday, September 21, 2023 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today released the following statement after the General Assembly proposed its 2023-2025 budget. “While I am pleased that DOJ received some funding to continue to combat health care fraud and equip the State Crime Lab, this budget simply does […]
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, September 13, 2023 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein released the following statement applauding the Court of Appeals’ decision to uphold the SAFE Child Act’s lookback window. The provision gave any person who was sexually abused under the age of 18 and was time-barred under the old statute […]
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, September 12, 2023 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced a $35 million settlement with leasing company Tempoe, LLC following an investigation into Tempoe’s advertising and leasing practices. A bipartisan multistate investigation of 42 attorneys general revealed that Tempoe’s marketing and sales practices often misled people to […]
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, September 12, 2023 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today called on the North Carolina General Assembly to include more resources to support local law enforcement recruitment and retention in its final budget. “People across our state are worried about becoming the victim of a crime,” said Attorney […]
For Immediate Release: Monday, September 11, 2023 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein’s office today called on Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams and Klaussner Furniture to do everything in their power to help former employees who are now without jobs after both companies closed their facilities. More than 500 workers have been […]
For Immediate Release: Friday, September 8, 2023 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that he reached an agreement in principle with Kroger that will require the grocery chain to pay $1.37 billion to participating state and local governments for its role in the opioid crisis. “We are going to keep […]
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, September 6, 2023 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) The Office of Attorney General Josh Stein and the Orange County Criminal Justice Resource Department today hosted a training for Orange County-area law enforcement leadership and domestic violence service providers on a strategy to help identify domestic violence victims who are at risk […]
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, September 5, 2023 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today led a bipartisan coalition of 54 attorneys general urging Congress to consider the ways artificial intelligence (AI) may harm children. Specifically, AI can and is being used to exploit children through child sexual abuse material. The Attorneys General […]