Category: News Releases

For Immediate Release: Tuesday, September 5, 2023 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today led a bipartisan coalition of 54 attorneys general urging Congress to consider the ways artificial intelligence (AI) may harm children. Specifically, AI can and is being used to exploit children through child sexual abuse material. The Attorneys General […]

For Immediate Release: Thursday, August 31, 2023 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein released the following statement on International Overdose Awareness Day (August 31). “Last year, more than 110,000 people died in the United States because of an overdose. Each of those people, and the hundreds of thousands we’ve lost in recent […]

For Immediate Release: Thursday, August 31, 2023 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein released the following statement after Judge Mark Davis granted the Department of Justice’s motion for a preliminary injunction against real estate company MV Realty. “I’m pleased that Judge Davis agreed with our office that MV Realty cannot continue to […]

For Immediate Release: Wednesday, August 30, 2023 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today led a bipartisan coalition of 33 attorneys general calling on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and its Center for Tobacco Products to do more to protect kids from e-cigarettes. Attorney General Stein’s suggestions include limiting the […]

For Immediate Release: Thursday, August 24, 2023 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today joined Gov. Roy Cooper as the Governor signed the Unfair Real Estate Agreements Act into law. The attorney general’s office worked closely with legislators and stakeholders to draft the bill. The Unfair Real Estate Agreements Act will prohibit […]

For Immediate Release: Thursday, August 24, 2023 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) As students begin a new school year in North Carolina, Attorney General Josh Stein shared resources with superintendents to help teachers, principals, and school staff, as well as students and families navigate the transition. “We’re sending our kids back to school this month, […]

For Immediate Release: Wednesday, August 23, 2023 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein urged the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold a federal law that will keep guns out of the hands of people with domestic violence orders against them. “Simply put, this law saves lives,” said Attorney General Josh Stein. “Keeping guns out of […]

For Immediate Release: Monday, August 21, 2023 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein joined a bipartisan group of 42 attorneys general urging the Supreme Court to protect veterans’ rights by ruling in favor of James Rudisill in Rudisill v. McDonough and granting Rudisill and thousands of other veterans the full GI benefits they […]