For Immediate Release: Friday, August 26, 2022 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today released the following statement after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed designating two types of PFAS – PFOS and PFOA – as “hazardous substances.” The designation will give people more information about the level of contamination in their community […]
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, August 23, 2022 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today petitioned the U.S. Department of Education to get student loan relief for more than a thousand students who enrolled at now-closed Charlotte School of Law during or after the fall of 2013. “Charlotte School of Law put its […]
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, August 17, 2022 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein has reached an agreement in principle with opioid maker Endo International plc and its lenders that would provide up to $450 million to participating states and local governments and ban promotion of Endo’s opioids. “Every drug company that helped […]
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, August 16, 2022 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein took additional legal actions today to protect women’s reproductive freedoms after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. He filed two friend-of-the-court briefs to defend hospitals’ obligations to provide stabilizing emergency treatment, including abortions, when a pregnant woman’s health is […]
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, August 16, 2022 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 The Education Department approves $3.9 billion group discharge for 208,000 borrowers nationwide who attended ITT Technical Institute (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that 5,270 North Carolinians who attended ITT Technical Institute will have their remaining federal student loans cancelled, totaling $93.4 million […]
For Immediate Release: Monday, August 15, 2022 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) The North Carolina Association of County Commissioners (NCACC) on Saturday honored Attorney General Josh Stein with the organization’s Distinguished Service Award for his work to fight the opioid crisis and bring hundreds of millions of dollars to local governments across North Carolina. The […]
For Immediate Release: Friday, August 12, 2022 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today released the following statement about violence against law enforcement officers. “Early this morning, a Wake County Deputy was killed in the line of duty. This comes only 10 days after the murder of Wayne County Deputy Sgt. Matthew Fishman. […]
Attorney General Josh Stein August 2022 As our children go back to school, there’s nothing more important than keeping them safe whether in person or online. Technology and internet access offer new avenues for students to learn and engage in the classroom, but our increasingly online environment poses risks for children’s mental health and safety. […]
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, August 9, 2022 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein supported a proposed rule by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) that would make the poultry industry more transparent and make it easier for small poultry farmers to compete for fair pricing terms from large processors. “North Carolina’s poultry […]
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, August 3, 2022 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 Contact: Josie Feron Josie.Feron@mail.house.gov 202-604-5610 (RALEIGH) As states around the nation roll back women’s reproductive freedoms, Attorney General Josh Stein and Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02) today shared updates on their efforts to protect these rights in North Carolina. They were joined by N.C. House […]