For Immediate Release: Friday, September 23, 2022 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein and the North Carolina State Crime Laboratory celebrated the 10th anniversary of National Forensic Science Week this week, highlighting the critical role that forensic scientists play in helping analyze evidence, assisting law enforcement investigations, and promoting public safety. “This Forensic Science […]
For Immediate Release: Monday, September 19, 2022 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein, along with Connecticut Attorney General William Tong and Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge, led a bipartisan coalition of 51 attorneys general calling on the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) to require the telephone providers that route calls across the U.S. […]
For Immediate Release: Friday, September 16, 2022 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today joined students at Cleveland Elementary School in Clayton to unveil the North Carolina Department of Justice’s tech safety agreement, a new resource to help parents and caregivers keep their kids safe online. The agreement is intended to spur […]
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, August 31, 2022 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein released the following statement on International Overdose Awareness Day (August 31). “On this International Overdose Awareness Day, I’m thinking about the more than 107,000 Americans we lost to drug overdoses last year. This overdose epidemic has left a trail […]
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, August 31, 2022 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today asked Congress to allow attorneys general to enforce state and federal consumer protections for airline travelers. This request comes after attorneys general received thousands of complaints from outraged passengers, claiming airlines have failed in their service responsibilities, causing […]
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, August 30, 2022 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein praised the U.S. Department of Education for stronger measures it is proposing to prevent for-profit schools from taking advantage of federal aid and students – particularly military servicemembers. Attorney General Stein commended the Department’s proposed improvements to the 90/10 […]
For Immediate Release: Friday, August 26, 2022 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today released the following statement after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed designating two types of PFAS – PFOS and PFOA – as “hazardous substances.” The designation will give people more information about the level of contamination in their community […]
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, August 23, 2022 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today petitioned the U.S. Department of Education to get student loan relief for more than a thousand students who enrolled at now-closed Charlotte School of Law during or after the fall of 2013. “Charlotte School of Law put its […]
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, August 17, 2022 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein has reached an agreement in principle with opioid maker Endo International plc and its lenders that would provide up to $450 million to participating states and local governments and ban promotion of Endo’s opioids. “Every drug company that helped […]
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, August 16, 2022 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein took additional legal actions today to protect women’s reproductive freedoms after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. He filed two friend-of-the-court briefs to defend hospitals’ obligations to provide stabilizing emergency treatment, including abortions, when a pregnant woman’s health is […]