FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, March 16, 2026 Contact: comms@ncdoj.gov 919-538-2809 RALEIGH — Attorney General Jeff Jackson and 16 other attorneys general argued to keep federal protections designed to replace lead pipes and prevent lead from leaching into drinking water. “We should all be able to agree on getting lead out of our children’s drinking water,” said Attorney […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, March 11, 2026 Contact: comms@ncdoj.gov 919-538-2809 RALEIGH – Fentanyl kills about six North Carolinians a day and over 100 Americans a day. Billions of dollars in drug proceeds are laundered each year through an underground banking network that relies heavily on the messaging platform WeChat. Until now, the company has done […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, March 11, 2026 Contact: comms@ncdoj.gov 919-538-2809 Attorney General Jeff Jackson secured an agreement to restore $2.5 million in federal education funds for the remainder of this school year benefitting North Carolina public schools through the Full-Service Community Schools (FSCS) program. “This is a good outcome for our students—but not the final […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, March 6, 2026 Contact: comms@ncdoj.gov 919-538-2809 RALEIGH – Today, a judge granted Attorney General Jeff Jackson’s motion to force FEMA to reinstate its Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) disaster mitigation program. “FEMA tried to cancel $200 million for North Carolina,” said Attorney General Jeff Jackson. “We took them to court, we won, and […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, March 6, 2026 Contact: comms@ncdoj.gov 919-538-2809 RALEIGH — Attorney General Jeff Jackson announced the sentencing of the final of five defendants involved in a scheme that defrauded the North Carolina Medicaid program of over $12.7 million. In total, the defendants must repay over $2.5 million to the IRS and over $15 million to Medicaid. On March 2, 2026, […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, March 5, 2026 Contact: comms@ncdoj.gov 919-538-2809 RALEIGH – Attorney General Jeff Jackson’s bipartisan antitrust case against Live Nation started trial this week. Attorney General Jackson, 29 Republican and Democratic attorneys general, and the U.S. Department of Justice are asking the court to stop Live Nation’s anticompetitive behavior and require Live Nation […]

Tariffs Could Cost North Carolina Households $3.6 Billion This Year FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, March 5, 2026 Contact: comms@ncdoj.gov 919-538-2809 RALEIGH – Today, Attorney General Jeff Jackson is suing to block the federal government’s latest unlawful tariffs on American consumers and businesses without congressional approval. The tariffs could cost each North Carolina household an estimated $800 […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, March 4, 2026 Contact: comms@ncdoj.gov 919-538-2809 RALEIGH – Attorney General Jeff Jackson secured a conviction against Daniel Richard Cummings in a Robeson County murder case on Tuesday. The defendant was found guilty on charges of first-degree murder, robbery with a dangerous weapon, conspiracy to commit robbery with a dangerous weapon, and […]

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, February 26, 2026 Contact: comms@ncdoj.gov 919-538-2809 North Carolina’s drivers to receive up to $2 million RALEIGH – Today, Attorney General Jeff Jackson and a bipartisan group of attorneys general, along with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), reached a $100 million multistate settlement with Walmart over allegations that the company deceived […]