For Immediate Release: Monday, September 14, 2020 Contact: Laura Brewer (919) 716-6484 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein filed a lawsuit challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) final rule gutting standards that limit emissions of methane, volatile organic compounds, and other hazardous pollutants from the oil and natural gas industry. “We are experiencing a climate emergency […]
For Immediate Release: Friday, September 11, 2020 Contact: Laura Brewer (919) 716-6484 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today released the following statement about news that WesternGeco has withdrawn its application to conduct underwater seismic testing for the oil and gas industries off the coast of North Carolina and that the U.S. District Court in South […]
For Immediate Release: Thursday, September 10, 2020 Contact: Laura Brewer (919) 716-6484 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that the State Board of Elections and its members will not appeal a recent decision in the case of Community Success Initiative v. Moore. The State Board is presently at work with other agencies to identify […]
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, September 9, 2020 Contact: Laura Brewer (919) 716-6484 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that Raleigh resident Patricia Weatherspoon Mosden pleaded guilty to fraud by a medical assistance provider and obtaining property by false pretenses in Robeson County Superior Court. She was sentenced to six to 17 months in prison […]
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, September 9, 2020 Contact: Laura Brewer (919) 716-6484 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today reached a $900,000 settlement with two former managers, Michael Smith and Codey Brown, and the former owner, Dr. Harrison Frank, of the now-defunct Carolina Comprehensive Health Network PA (CCHN) to resolve allegations that they violated the False […]
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, September 9, 2020 Contact: Laura Brewer (919) 716-6484 RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein filed an amicus brief supporting the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and others in their legal action against the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for requiring women who […]
For Immediate Release: Monday, September 7, 2020 Contact: Laura Brewer (919) 716-6484 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein, along with a coalition of 24 other attorneys general, today released a statement highlighting the importance of election integrity. “It’s against the law to vote twice in the election,” said Attorney General Josh Stein. “That is true everywhere […]
For Immediate Release: Friday, September 4, 2020 Contact: Laura Brewer (919) 716-6484 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today challenged a proposed rule under the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA) that would significantly limit the kinds of habitat that could be protected for threatened species. “As Attorney General, it’s my responsibility to protect North Carolina’s environment […]
For Immediate Release: Friday, September 4, 2020 Contact: Laura Brewer (919) 716-6484 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein, along with New York Attorney General Letitia James and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, led a coalition of 24 states in objecting to a proposed federal rule that would authorize predatory lenders to charge high interest rates on […]
For Immediate Release: Thursday, September 3, 2020 Contact: Laura Brewer (919) 716-6484 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today released the following statement following yesterday’s comments from President Trump encouraging North Carolinians to vote both in person and by mail and regarding an important development in the state’s lawsuit against the Postmaster General. “Yesterday, the president […]