Release date: 11/20/2018 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that Mecklenburg County District Attorney Spencer Merriweather and Cornelius resident Debbie Dalton have received the Attorney General’s Dogwood Award. These awards are given annually to honor North Carolinians who are dedicated to keeping people safe, healthy, and happy in their communities. “I’m proud to honor […]
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Release date: 11/20/2018 RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that High Point Police Chief Kenneth Shultz and Guilford County EMS’s Jim Albright received the Attorney General’s Dogwood Award. These awards are given annually to honor North Carolinians who are dedicated to keeping people safe, healthy, and happy in their communities. “Chief Shultz is a […]
Release date: 11/20/2018 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that seven people from the Triangle have received the Attorney General’s Dogwood Award. These awards are given annually to honor North Carolinians who are dedicated to keeping people safe, healthy, and happy in their communities. These award recipients include: Mike and Becky Cannon, of Wilson, […]
Release date: 11/20/2018 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today awarded 16 North Carolinians with the Attorney General’s Dogwood Award. These awards are given annually to honor North Carolinians who are dedicated to keeping people safe, healthy, and happy in their communities. Each of today’s 16 recipients have been working to address issues that affect public […]
Release date: 11/20/2018 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that Waynesville residents Chief Bill Hollingsed and Judge Bradley Letts received the Attorney General’s Dogwood Award. These awards are given annually to honor North Carolinians who are dedicated to keeping people safe, healthy, and happy in their communities. “It has been a pleasure to partner […]
Release date: 11/19/2018 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today urged the Trump administration to abandon efforts to adopt a definition of “sex” that would exclude transgender and gender nonconforming individuals from the protections of federal civil rights laws. Last month, it was reported that key officials in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services […]
Release date: 11/16/2018 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today called on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to withdraw a proposal to roll back important protections from harmful greenhouse gas pollution. The current protections are designed to protect against the release of potent greenhouse gases, including hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), which are the fastest growing source of […]
Release date: 11/8/2018 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that Renee Christine Borunda of Greensboro was sentenced to 37 months in federal prison following her guilty plea to Conspiracy to Commit Health Care Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft. Borunda will also make restitution of $225,399.08 to the North Carolina Medicaid Program. “People who cheat […]
Release date: 11/8/2018 (RALEIGH) In response to the news that a federal court today upheld a ruling to block the Trump administration from ending the DACA program, Attorney General Josh Stein released the following statement: “I am so pleased that the federal appeals court made the right decision today. Ending DACA would be cruel to […]
Release date: 10/29/2018 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein was granted preliminary injunctions against two companies involved in separate price gouging lawsuits he filed earlier this month. In the first suit, the court entered a preliminary injunction against defendant Nicholas Downey and his tree-cutting company, Action Tree Pros. The injunction will be in place until the […]