For Immediate Release: Wednesday, September 11, 2024 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today released the following statement on the General Assembly’s failure to fund public education and law enforcement. “North Carolinians want their families to be safe and their children to get a strong education – but Republican legislators have […]
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For Immediate Release: Wednesday, September 11, 2024 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein and a bipartisan group of attorneys general urged Congress to pass legislation requiring a U.S. Surgeon General warning on all social media platforms that use an algorithm. “Social media companies use algorithms to hook children on apps that may […]
Friday, August 30, 2024 We all enjoy going to live shows and games to see our favorite artists or sports teams, but unfortunately scammers prey on our excitement. One North Carolinian was scammed out of $1,200 after thinking they were buying tickets to a Taylor Swift concert. Social media gives bad actors new ways to […]
For Immediate Release: Friday, August 30, 2024 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today released the following statement for International Overdose Awareness Day (Aug.31). “I’ve met with too many families who have lost a parent, a child, or a sibling to a drug overdose. There are no words to heal their […]
For Immediate Release: Friday, August 23, 2024 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today filed a bipartisan lawsuit against software company RealPage, alleging that it violated antitrust law and pushed apartment prices artificially high for renters in North Carolina and across the country. Attorney General Stein is joined in filing the […]
August 2024 Since I took office in 2017, I’ve traveled the state and sat with countless North Carolinians who lost their beloved child, sibling, parent, and friend to an overdose. Their hearts are broken. The opioid crisis has ravaged communities and families across our state. We’ve seen this crisis powered first by prescription pills, then […]
Friday, August 16, 2024 It seems like every day we hear about a new scheme or another company exposed by a data breach. While this news can be unsettling, the best thing you can do right now is protect yourself and your personal information. It’s important to act quickly to make it harder for scammers […]
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, August 14, 2024 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today filed a friend-of-the-court brief supporting commonsense state and federal laws that keep communities safe. The brief, filed in U.S. v. Steven Perez, argues that federal laws to prevent people from transporting or receiving firearms from outside their home […]
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, August 14, 2024 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein announced today that Valerie Ann Sinclair of Fayetteville pleaded guilty to 21 counts of obtaining property by false pretenses in Moore County Superior Court. Judge Regina M. Joe ordered Sinclair to surrender her clinical mental health counselor supervisor license […]
For Immediate Release: Friday, August 9, 2024 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today prevailed in his defense of a state law to protect North Carolinians from people convicted of sexual offenses. “I’m pleased that the court has upheld the constitutionality of this law, which protects children and families from people convicted […]