For Immediate Release: Friday, September 10, 2021 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today wrote several hospital administrators about their hospitals’ work toward compliance with CMS regulations to improve price transparency for patients. Today’s letters come after the North Carolina Department of Justice has reviewed responses to the Attorney General’s June […]
For Immediate Release: Thursday, September 9, 2021 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today released the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced that they were re-instating a 2015 interpretation of the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule under the Clean […]
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, September 7, 2021 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein announced that Timothy Mark Harron of Las Vegas was sentenced to 144 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $4,321,590.39 in restitution to the North Carolina Medicaid program after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit health care […]
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, September 7, 2021 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein and Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler today urged U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona to make eligible farmers for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program. The PSLF program forgives the remaining loan balance of a Federal Direct Loan borrower […]
For Immediate Release: Saturday, September 4, 2021 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today released the following statement after it was announced that at least 48 states and territories have signed on to the $26 billion agreement with the nation’s three major pharmaceutical distributors – Cardinal, McKesson, and AmerisourceBergen – and Johnson & […]
For Immediate Release: Friday, September 3, 2021 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today filed an amicus brief supporting federal laws restricting the commercial sale of handguns to people under 21. Attorney General Stein joined a coalition of 18 attorneys general arguing that these laws protect people from the harmful effects […]
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, August 31, 2021 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein announced that Shelly Phillips Bandy of Morehead City was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison and three years of supervised release and ordered to pay $374,809.92 in restitution jointly with her company, A Perfect Fit for You, […]
For Immediate Release: Thursday, August 26, 2021 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today sued Mansa Travel Center Charlotte LLC, also known as Queen’s Market, for allegedly violating North Carolina’s price gouging law during the Colonial Pipeline shutdown and state of emergency in May. “This gas station wildly overpriced their gas […]
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, August 24, 2021 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today released the following statement after the Criminal Justice Reform Bill (SB300) passed the North Carolina Senate. This legislation passed in the House earlier this month. The bill will now go to Gov. Roy Cooper for his signature. […]
For Immediate Release: Friday, August 20, 2021 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today encouraged the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) to make clear that ghost guns are firearms under federal law. By doing so, the ATF would dramatically reduce the availability of these unserialized, untraceable guns. “This […]