FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, November 4, 2025 Email: nahmed@ncdoj.gov Phone: 919-538-2809 RALEIGH – On Friday, Attorney General Jeff Jackson secured a second degree murder plea in an Asheville homicide case. Sherwayne Bascom pleaded guilty to second degree murder, assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury, robbery with a dangerous weapon, […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, November 3, 2025 Email: nahmed@ncdoj.gov Phone: 919-538-2809 RALEIGH – Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture informed a federal judge that it would pay partial payments to all SNAP recipients, after Attorney General Jeff Jackson sued USDA for withholding SNAP payments from 1.4 million North Carolinians. North Carolina officials responded to this update: “The […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, October 31, 2025 Email: nahmed@ncdoj.gov Phone: 919-538-2809 RALEIGH — Attorney General Jeff Jackson issued the following statement today on his lawsuit against USDA for withholding SNAP payments from North Carolina. “Great news: In the lawsuit we filed, a federal court just ruled that the Agriculture Department acted unlawfully by refusing to use […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, October 30, 2025 Email: nahmed@ncdoj.gov Phone: 919-538-2809 RALEIGH – With Halloween tomorrow, Attorney General Jeff Jackson is reminding North Carolinians to be careful they’re not buying or handing out THC-infused products that look like candy. “We’re not trying to alarm or worry parents,” said Attorney General Jeff Jackson. “There’s every reason to believe […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, October 28, 2025 Email: nahmed@ncdoj.gov Phone: 919-538-2809 RALEIGH – Attorney General Jeff Jackson is suing the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Office of Management and Budget for refusing to fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) during the government shutdown and withholding food assistance for 1.4 million North Carolinians, […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, October 27, 2025 Email: nahmed@ncdoj.gov Phone: 919-538-2809 RALEIGH – Attorney General Jeff Jackson and a bipartisan group of 38 attorneys general are asking Congress to clarify the definition of “hemp” to prevent the continued sale of unregulated, intoxicating THC products, especially to children. “This issue is something parents across North Carolina […]
View and download a video from Attorney General Jeff Jackson here. RALEIGH – Today, Attorney General Jeff Jackson issued a formal warning to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) after the agency informed states that it may refuse to fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) during the ongoing federal government shutdown. SNAP provides food assistance […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, October 23, 2025 Email: nahmed@ncdoj.gov Phone: 919-538-2809 RALEIGH – Attorney General Jeff Jackson joined the Forest City Police Department and Family Resources of Rutherford County on Wednesday as Forest City adopts the Lethality Assessment Program (LAP), a life-saving approach to responding to domestic violence incidents. Rutherford County becomes the ninth county […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, October 22, 2025 Contact: nahmed@ncdoj.gov 919-538-2809 RALEIGH – Attorney General Jeff Jackson released the following statement after the General Assembly passed gerrymandered maps that redraw some of North Carolina’s congressional districts. “This latest round of gerrymandering in North Carolina is especially flagrant. Legislators are giving themselves the power that should belong […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, October 22, 2025 Email: nahmed@ncdoj.gov Phone: 919-538-2809 RALEIGH – Attorney General Jeff Jackson visited Fayetteville yesterday to highlight the $15.4 million the city is losing after FEMA cut more than $200 million in disaster prevention projects in North Carolina. Fayetteville had been awarded funds to replace four bridges on Russell and […]