FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, December 31, 2025 Contact: nahmed@ncdoj.gov 919-538-2809 RALEIGH – Attorney General Jeff Jackson is suing the U.S. Department of Education for unlawfully terminating nearly $50 million in federal education funding for North Carolina public schools, most of it serving rural and low-income communities. The funding was awarded through the federal Full-Service Community […]
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, December 29, 2025 Contact: nahmed@ncdoj.gov 919-538-2809 RALEIGH – Attorney General Jeff Jackson won a case against the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for withholding state funds for emergency management, disaster relief, and homeland security operations. The court rejected the federal government’s unlawful conditions on […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, December 29, 2025 Contact: nahmed@ncdoj.gov 919-538-2809 RALEIGH – Attorney General Jeff Jackson is opposing a rollback of data collection and reporting about PFAS forever chemicals. Just months away from receiving data from PFAS manufacturers about the type and amount of PFAS chemicals in their products, EPA is now trying to hide […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, December 23, 2025 Contact: nahmed@ncdoj.gov 919-538-2809 RALEIGH – Attorney General Jeff Jackson is suing to protect Congressionally-mandated funding for federal consumer protection efforts after the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) threatened to unlawfully and unconstitutionally refuse to fund the agency’s operations. The CFPB has returned more than […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, December 22, 2025 Contact: nahmed@ncdoj.gov 919-538-2809 RALEIGH – Today, Attorney General Jeff Jackson and a coalition of 50 attorneys general reached a $149,673,750 settlement with Mercedes-Benz USA for unlawfully marketing and selling vehicles with devices designed to dodge emissions standards. Customers will also get more than $200 million in potential relief. […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, December 19, 2025 Contact: nahmed@ncdoj.gov 919-538-2809 RALEIGH – Today, Attorney General Jeff Jackson convicted Mark Mathis of 50 counts of obtaining property by false pretense in Wake County Superior Court. Mathis, as owner of Ry-Con Service Dogs, claimed to sell specially trained service dogs to families with medical or developmental needs. […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, December 18, 2025 Contact: nahmed@ncdoj.gov 919-538-2809 RALEIGH — Attorney General Jeff Jackson released the following statement in response to Governor Jim Hunt’s passing. Governor Hunt served as North Carolina’s governor from 1977 to 1985 and 1993 to 2001. “The first time I met Governor Jim Hunt, I made a joke about […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, December 16, 2025 Contact: nahmed@ncdoj.gov 919-538-2809 RALEIGH – Today, Attorney General Jeff Jackson announced that Giselle Alexandria Farrell was sentenced to 24 months of supervised probation and ordered to pay $12,916.56 in restitution after pleading guilty to Medicaid provider fraud. “North Carolinians rely on Medicaid for essential health care,” said Attorney General Jeff […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, December 16, 2025 Contact: nahmed@ncdoj.gov 919-538-2809 RALEIGH – Attorney General Jeff Jackson and a bipartisan coalition of 46 other attorneys general are asking Congressional leaders to increase security funding for federal judges. There is rising concern for the safety and security of judges as the number of threats and hostile incidents […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, December 15, 2025 Contact: nahmed@ncdoj.gov 919-538-2809 RALEIGH – Today, Attorney General Jeff Jackson and a bipartisan coalition of 22 attorneys general sued Uber for making misleading claims about its Uber One subscription service, failing to provide a simple way for customers to cancel their subscriptions, and charging customers without their consent. […]