Release date: 1/3/2019 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today filed a notice of appeal in Texas v. United States to protect the Affordable Care Act (ACA) for the thousands of North Carolinians who rely on it. “The Affordable Care Act not only gives more than 500,000 North Carolinians access to health insurance, it also protects […]
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Release date: 12/28/2018 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today filed an amicus brief to oppose payday lenders’ use of Indian tribes to skirt state laws that protect people from exorbitant interest rates and other predatory practices. In these schemes, unscrupulous lenders make payments to a tribe to “borrow” its immunity. Attorney General Stein argues that […]
Release date: 12/20/2018 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today filed a complaint to seek an injunction to prevent new Trump administration rules that will drastically change access to contraceptive coverage. Specifically, these rules will allow any employer or health insurer with religious objections to opt out of the Affordable Care Act’s contraceptive coverage requirement. “I […]
Release date: 12/20/2018 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today moved to intervene in a lawsuit to stop the proposed use of airguns to survey the Atlantic Ocean floor for oil and gas. These “seismic testing” surveys are the next step toward allowing offshore drilling- an action that would result in severe and potentially irreparable harm […]
Release date: 12/20/2018 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today urged House leadership to support the First Step Act, legislation to strengthen the criminal justice system through reforms to facilitate the reentry of people leaving incarceration and to empower prosecutors to seek appropriate sentences. “This legislation will make our criminal justice system smarter and our communities safer,” said Attorney General Josh […]
Release date: 12/20/2018 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that Tyrell Alexander, of Durham, has pled guilty to one count of First Degree Kidnapping, one count of Second Degree Kidnapping, one count of Sexual Battery, one count of First Degree Burglary, and one count of Second Degree Kidnapping for two home invasions on Oct. […]
Release date: 12/17/2018 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today filed a motion to prevent disruption to North Carolinians’ healthcare and to challenge Friday’s opinion in Texas v. HHS, which ruled that that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was unconstitutional. “Thousands of North Carolinians rely on the Affordable Care Act for their health insurance,” said Attorney General Josh […]
Release date: 12/14/2018 Reacts to U.S. Department of Education’s Cancelling Closed School Loans (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein released the following statement in response to the news that the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) will automatically cancel approximately $150 million in federal student loans for thousands of borrowers who attended a recently-closed school: “I’m pleased […]
Release date: 12/13/2018 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today was granted an interim relief order against an out-of-state tree removal company involved in a price gouging lawsuit he filed earlier this year. After a contested hearing in which homeowners gave emotional testimony, the court granted a preliminary injunction against Scott Lacey and Randy Shannon, and […]
Release date: 12/11/2018 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today called on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to withdraw its proposal to roll back protections that limit emissions of climate change pollution from power plants and cars. In a letter delivered to Acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler, Attorney General Stein argues that the increases in climate change […]