For Immediate Release: Tuesday, August 16, 2022 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 The Education Department approves $3.9 billion group discharge for 208,000 borrowers nationwide who attended ITT Technical Institute (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that 5,270 North Carolinians who attended ITT Technical Institute will have their remaining federal student loans cancelled, totaling $93.4 million […]
For Immediate Release: Monday, August 15, 2022 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) The North Carolina Association of County Commissioners (NCACC) on Saturday honored Attorney General Josh Stein with the organization’s Distinguished Service Award for his work to fight the opioid crisis and bring hundreds of millions of dollars to local governments across North Carolina. The […]
For Immediate Release: Saturday, August 13, 2022 (RALEIGH) The North Carolina Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission and the North Carolina Sheriffs’ Education and Training Standards Commission today released the following statement in response to attacks on law enforcement officers in North Carolina. “As the regulatory bodies responsible for maintaining the minimum standards for […]
For Immediate Release: Friday, August 12, 2022 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today released the following statement about violence against law enforcement officers. “Early this morning, a Wake County Deputy was killed in the line of duty. This comes only 10 days after the murder of Wayne County Deputy Sgt. Matthew Fishman. […]
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, August 9, 2022 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein supported a proposed rule by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) that would make the poultry industry more transparent and make it easier for small poultry farmers to compete for fair pricing terms from large processors. “North Carolina’s poultry […]
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, August 3, 2022 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 Contact: Josie Feron Josie.Feron@mail.house.gov 202-604-5610 (RALEIGH) As states around the nation roll back women’s reproductive freedoms, Attorney General Josh Stein and Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02) today shared updates on their efforts to protect these rights in North Carolina. They were joined by N.C. House […]
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, August 3, 2022 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein, along with Attorney General Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania and Attorney General Dave Yost of Ohio, today led a coalition of 43 attorneys general calling on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to increase obligations on telemarketers by requiring them […]
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, August 2, 2022 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 50 Attorneys General form a bipartisan task force to combat robocalling (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that he, along with the Attorneys General of Indiana and Ohio, is leading the formation of a nationwide Anti-Robocall Litigation Task Force of 50 attorneys […]
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, August 2, 2022 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today urged the U.S. Senate to pass the PACT Act (S. 3373), proposed legislation that would expand health care coverage to millions of veterans who were exposed to burn pits and other military toxins. The bill failed to […]
For Immediate Release: Monday, August 1, 2022 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today urged the Biden Administration to extend and expand temporary changes to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program to provide certain borrowers with more opportunities to get loan forgiveness faster. “Many North Carolinians who qualify for the Public […]