FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, January 13, 2026 Contact: nahmed@ncdoj.gov 919-538-2809 RALEIGH – Today, Attorney General Jeff Jackson announced that Ekelekamchukwu Alphonsus Ngwadom was sentenced to two consecutive sentences of 6-17 months, suspended for 36 months of supervised probation. As conditions of probation, he was ordered to 90 days of house arrest and ordered to pay […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, January 7, 2026 Contact: nahmed@ncdoj.gov 919-538-2809 RALEIGH – On Monday, the First Circuit Court of Appeals upheld an injunction preventing the National Institutes of Health (NIH) from unlawfully cutting billions in cutting-edge medical and public health research at universities and research institutions across the country. Attorney General Jackson and a coalition […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, January 5, 2026 Contact: nahmed@ncdoj.gov 919-538-2809 RALEIGH – Today, Attorney General Jeff Jackson and Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Dev Sangvai responded to reports that the federal government may be freezing child care funding to all 50 states. At this time, North Carolina has not received official notice from […]
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 […]
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 […]