For Immediate Release: Friday, April 14, 2023 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today filed a friend-of-the-court brief urging the Supreme Court of the United States to maintain approval for and access to the medication abortion drug mifepristone while a lower court case is appealed. If the Supreme Court doesn’t take this […]
For Immediate Release: Monday, April 10, 2023 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today challenged a decision that could restrict medication abortion access nationwide. Attorney General Stein and a coalition of 24 attorneys general filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, urging the court to […]
For Immediate Release: Monday, April 10, 2023 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced a settlement of more than $226,000 to resolve allegations that MedCare Clinic & Pharmacy, LLC (“MedCare”) in Indian Trail caused the submission of false claims to Medicare and the North Carolina Medicaid program. The funds from this […]
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, April 4, 2023 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today supported the Biden administration’s proposal to scrap dangerous Trump-era rules that allow employers to interfere in their employees’ reproductive health decisions. These rules took away contraceptive coverage from women who should have been entitled to it under the Affordable […]
For Immediate Release: Friday, March 31, 2023 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today urged the U.S. Supreme Court to support states’ efforts to protect their residents from violent threats. In an amicus brief, Attorney General Stein and a bipartisan coalition of 26 attorneys general argue the First Amendment does not protect […]
For Immediate Release: Friday, March 31, 2023 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today filed an antitrust lawsuit to block JetBlue’s takeover of Spirit Airlines, alleging that this deal would lower competition and could increase costs and harm reliability for fliers. “People rely on budget airlines to afford to travel,” said Attorney […]
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, March 29, 2023 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today released the following statement after the North Carolina General Assembly voted to override Gov. Cooper’s veto of SB41, which includes the pistol purchase permit repeal. “Today’s move by the General Assembly to repeal our pistol permit law has […]
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, March 28, 2023 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today applauded the North Carolina Senate for passing the Stop Counterfeit Pill Act (S206), which updates North Carolina law to address the growing threat of counterfeit pills containing fentanyl, methamphetamine, or other dangerous drugs. “This is another tool in […]
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, March 28, 2023 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today released the following statement after a Fayetteville man pleaded guilty to a 1992 sexual assault and was sentenced to 40 years in jail. “The justice delivered this week has been 31 years in the making. I want to […]
For Immediate Release: Monday, March 27, 2023 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today released the following statement after Gov. Roy Cooper signed legislation expanding Medicaid in North Carolina. “This is a momentous day – North Carolina has finally expanded Medicaid. More than 600,000 North Carolinians will get health insurance, our rural […]