FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 ***Photos are available for media use here. RALEIGH – Today, Attorney General Jeff Jackson took the oath of office to become North Carolina’s Attorney General and lead the North Carolina Department of Justice. Mecklenburg County Superior Court Judge Donald Cureton, Jr. administered […]
For Immediate Release: Monday, December 30, 2024 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today released the Department of Justice’s annual report and shared the top 10 consumer complaints that the department received in 2024. He also provided an update on the CODIS DNA hits the State Crime Lab has seen in […]
For Immediate Release: Friday, December 27, 2024 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today honored four North Carolinians in eastern North Carolina with the Attorney General’s Dogwood Award. These awards are distributed to honor people who are working to improve the health, safety, and well-being of their fellow North Carolinians. Recipients in […]
For Immediate Release: Thursday, December 12, 2024 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 Today, Attorney General Josh Stein released the following statement announcing legal action challenging Senate Bill 382, the legislature’s blatant power grab: “Today, Governor Cooper and I have taken legal action to stop the legislature’s unconstitutional and dangerous power grab. This law threatens public […]
For Immediate Release: Thursday, December 12, 2024 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today honored North Carolinians in western North Carolina with the Attorney General’s Dogwood Award. These awards are distributed to honor people who are working to improve the health, safety, and well-being of their fellow North Carolinians. Today’s recipients […]
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, December 11, 2024 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Today, Attorney General and Governor-elect Josh Stein released the following statement after Governor Cooper’s veto of SB382 was overridden. “The people of western North Carolina are desperate for help from their state government. Yet, this bill is a power grab, not hurricane […]
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, December 10, 2024 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein announced a $825,000 settlement to resolve allegations that Carter Clinic, P.A., and its owner, Myleme Nyerere Ojinga Harrison, M.D. submitted false claims to the North Carolina Medicaid program. “Health care providers can’t waste taxpayer dollars to put more […]
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, December 10, 2024 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today warned four voice service providers that they have been transmitting suspected illegal robocall traffic on their networks on behalf of one or more of their customers, and that they must stop doing so. Attorney General Stein co-leads […]
For Planning Purposes: Monday, December 2, 2024 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced a $2,505,000 settlement to resolve allegations that Southeastern Behavioral Healthcare Services, LLC, a behavioral health business in Lumberton and Maxton, and its owners, Bertha Hutchinson and Virgil Hutchinson, submitted false claims to the North Carolina Medicaid […]
For Planning Purposes: Monday, December 2, 2024 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today shared the following statement after the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) granted a Certificate of Need application for additional beds in Weaverville to AdventHealth. Attorney General Stein had previously written to NCDHHS asking […]