FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, October 17, 2025 Email: nahmed@ncdoj.gov Phone: 919-538-2809 RALEIGH – Attorney General Jeff Jackson shared the following statement today as people across North Carolina and the United States may be preparing to gather for protests on Saturday, October 18. “Peaceful protest is one of the most important rights we have as Americans. […]
For Immediate Release: Thursday, October 16, 2025 Contact: nahmed@ncdoj.gov (919) 538-2809 RALEIGH – Today, Attorney General Jeff Jackson and 22 other states sued the Environmental Protection Agency to win back more than $7 billion nationwide, and $150 million due to North Carolina, to help low-income and rural communities use solar power to save on energy […]
For Immediate Release: Thursday, October 9, 2025 Contact: nahmed@ncdoj.gov (919) 538-2809 RALEIGH – Attorney General Jeff Jackson sued pool and spa sales and installation company Backyard Leisure, LLC and its owner, Robert A. Mosher, for taking large advance payments from consumers and failing to deliver hot tubs and swim spas and install pool equipment. Customers […]
For Immediate Release: Thursday, October 2, 2025 Secretary of State contact: lproctor@sosnc.gov 919-814-5341 Department of Justice contact: nahmed@ncdoj.gov 919-538-2809 Video Footage from Attorney General Jackson Download the full video clip here. RALEIGH – Attorney General Jeff Jackson and Secretary of State Elaine Marshall reached an agreement shutting down a scam charity operation by Kars-R-Us.com […]
RALEIGH — Today, Attorney General Jeff Jackson announced that about 36 North Carolinians who were scammed by predatory tech sales company Prehired are getting more than $149,000 in restitution. Prehired conned consumers nationwide for years, trapping them into taking out deceptive loans for tens of thousands of dollars and promising services that weren’t delivered. “Prehired […]
For Immediate Release: June 16, 2025 North Carolina will receive nearly $150 million RALEIGH – Attorney General Jeff Jackson today announced that 55 attorneys general, representing all eligible states and U.S. territories, agreed to sign on to a $7.4 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family. The North Carolina Department of […]
To the families of North Carolina’s law enforcement officers: This letter is for you. You may not wear the uniform, but you serve alongside it. You live the long nights, the missed calls, the held breath when something doesn’t feel right. Your loved one puts themselves in harm’s way to protect others – and you […]
For Immediate Release: Friday, December 1, 2023 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today released the following statement as Medicaid expansion goes into effect in North Carolina. “At long last, Medicaid is finally expanded in North Carolina and more than 600,000 of our friends and neighbors will have access to life-saving […]
For Immediate Release: Monday, November 6, 2023 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that North Carolina’s price gouging law is in effect in Henderson County after the county declared a state of emergency on November 5, 2023, related to the recent wildfires in western North Carolina. Please report potential […]
Attorney General Josh Stein and the NC Department of Justice are working hard to keep kids safe. Youth today face a variety of challenges – some that may be familiar to parents and many that simply did not exist in generations past, before fentanyl, cell phones, and social media existed. Earlier this year, Attorney General […]