News and Blogs
A collection of news articles and blog posts spotlighting state attorneys general and their work.
National State AG News
- Jennifer Smith Richards and Jodi S. Cohen, Illinois Will Investigate Possible Civil Rights Violations in Student Ticketing, ProPublica (May 26, 2022).
- Press Release, AG Healey Sues Manufacturers of Toxic ‘Forever’ Chemicals for Contaminating Massachusetts Drinking Water and Damaging Natural Resources, Office of Attorney General Maura Healey (May 25, 2022).
- Press Release, Attorney General James Sues to Protect St. Clare’s Hospital Retirees, New York State Attorney General (May 24, 2022).
- Marcy Gordon, DC Sues Zuckerberg Over Cambridge Analytica Privacy Breach, AP News (May 23, 2022).
- Zack Budryk, Twenty-One Democratic AGs File Motion to Intervene in California Emissions Lawsuit, The Hill (May 19, 2022).
- Divonne Smoyer and Roger Gibboni, Only Sherriff in Town? Not So Fast: National Association of Attorneys General Announces the Formation of the Center on Cyber and Technology, Lexology (May 18, 2022).
- Press Release, Attorney General James Launches Investigations into Social Media Companies for Role in Buffalo Attack, New York State Attorney General (May 18, 2022).
- News Release, AG Kaul Announces Distribution of 975,000 Child ID Kits Across Wisconsin, Wisconsin Department of Justice (May 17, 2022).
- Adam Edelman, Abortion Fight Thrusts State Attorney General Races into the Forefront, NBC News (May 16, 2022).
- Press Release, Attorney General Tong Leads Bipartisan, Nationwide Coalition Defending Affordable Drug Prices, Office of the Attorney General Connecticut (May 16, 2022).
- Press Release, Attorney General Bonta Secures Court Decision Declaring State Housing Density Law Constitutional, State of California Department of Justice Office of the Attorney General (May 12, 2022).
- Monique Beals, Delaware AG Calls For Federal Probe of Alleged Racial Profiling in Search of Lacrosse Team’s Bus, The Hill (May 12, 2022).
- Press Release, 41 State Attorneys General Write CFPB in Support of Debt Bondage Repair Act, National Association of Attorneys General (May 12, 2022).
- Bill Chappell, Michigan’s Abortion Ban is Draconian and Should Be Vacated, Attorney General Says, NPR (May 9, 2022).
- Grace Ashford, New York Lawmakers Push for Abortion Fund to Establish ‘Safe Harbor’, The New York Times (May 9, 2022).
- Jacob Bogage, Intuit Agrees to $141 Million Settlement Over ‘Deceptive’ Turbotax Ads, The Washington Post (May 4, 2022).
- Ayelet Sheffey, Biden Must Cancel Federal Student Debt ‘for Each and Every Borrower,’ 8 State Attorneys General Say: ‘Now is Not the Time for Half Measures’, Business Insider (May 4, 2022).
- Elliot C. Williams, Trump to Pay D.C. $750,000 Settlement in Inauguration Funds Lawsuit, DCist (May 3, 2022).
- Brent Addleman, Frosh Calls Contents of Leaked Abortion Ruling ‘Dangerous Departure’, Longview News-Journal (May 3, 2022).
- Press Release, AGs to Congress: Provide Funding for the Legal Services Corporation, National Association of Attorneys General (April 29, 2022).
- Coral Davenport, States Sue Postal Service Over New Gas-Powered Mail Trucks, The New York Times (April 28, 2022).
- Laura Sullivan, California is Investigating Big Oil for Allegedly Misleading the Public on Recycling, NPR (April 28, 2022).
- Lori Kalani and Bernard Nash, United States: 28 AGs Call on GoFundMe for Changes in Terms of Service, Cozen O’Connor (April 28, 2022).
- Press Release, Attorney General Josh Stein Sues Hurricane Florence Contractor, North Carolina Department of Justice (April 28, 2022).
- Samantha Fischer, AG Keith Ellison Sues Solar-Panel Sales Companies, Execs Over Alleged Fraud, Kare 11 (April 26, 2022).
ACSblogs and Issue Briefs
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- Doug Chin, Getting Front and Center to Confront Prejudice, ACS Expert Forum (May 26, 2022)
- Bethany Davis Noll & Colin Parts, Partners in the Fight for Environmental Justice: Ways That State Attorneys General Can Support Community Efforts, ACS Expert Forum (April 20, 2022).
- Ta’Myrah Hudson, Get to Know Your State Attorney General; Their Work Matters More than You Know, ACS Expert Forum (March 14, 2022).
- Carolyn Shapiro, The Filibuster Must Give Way to the Constitutional Guarantee of a Republican Form of Government, ACS Expert Forum (January 13, 2022).
- Hampden T. Macbeth, Think Globally, Act Locally and Globally: Western States Respond to the Climate Crisis, ACS Expert Forum (October 26, 2021).
- Karl A. Racine, The Threat We Face is Unbridled Hate, ACS Expert Forum (September 8, 2021).
- Dana Nessel, Thoughtful Action Extends Beyond Pride Month, ACS Expert Forum (June 23, 2021).
- Gurbir Grewal, Celebrating Heritage and Confronting Hate, ACS Expert Forum (May 17, 2021).
- Terri Gerstein, Lorelei Salas, David Seligman, When Corporations Deceive and Cheat Workers, Consumer Laws Should Be Used to Protect Workers, ACS Expert Forum (May 6, 2021).
- Jenny Hunter, Amazon and the Fight Over Whether Workers Can Have a Voice, ACS Expert Forum (March 29, 2021).
- Aaron D. Ford, Black History Month: Continue the Conversation, ACS Expert Forum (February 28, 2021).
- Terri Gerstein, The People’s Lawyer, for All the People: State Attorneys General and Immigrants’ Rights, ACS Issue Brief (June 25, 2020).
- Russ Feingold, On the Path to Gender Equality: From the 19th Amendment to the ERA, ACS Expert Forum (May 22, 2020).
- Terri Gerstein, How State Attorneys General are Protecting Workers During the Coronavirus Pandemic, ACS Expert Forum (April 3, 2020).
- Valerie M Nannery, State Attorneys General Take Action During COVID-19 Outbreak, ACS In Brief (March 18, 2020).
- Karen Sokol, The Essential Role of State Courts in Addressing Climate Harms, ACS Expert Forum (November 20, 2019).
- Jane Flanagan, No Exit: Understanding Employee Non-Competes and Identifying Best Practices to Limit Their Overuse, ACS Issue Brief (November 2019).
- Julia Stein, Revoking California’s Clean Air Act Waiver Is Bad Policy and Legally Indefensible, ACS Expert Forum (September 18, 2019).
- Michelle Mello and Nora Freeman Engstrom, The Oklahoma Opioids Verdict and Ongoing Litigation, ACS Expert Forum (August 29, 2019).
- Timothy Zick, TRUST and Retaliation: The First Amendment and Trump’s Taxes, ACS Expert Forum (July 31, 2019).
- Nicole Huberfeld, Texas v. U.S.: Another Day, Another Threat to the Affordable Care Act, ACS Expert Forum (July 8, 2019).
- Danielle Conley and Ariel Levinson-Waldman, Discriminatory Driver’s License Suspension Schemes, ACS Issue Brief (March 19, 2019).
- Alan Neff, Litigation to Enjoin the National Emergency Declaration: An Overview of Alleged Injuries and Related Proof Issues, ACS Expert Forum (March 13, 2019).
- Ann Carlson, Meredith Hankins, and Julia Stein, Shifting Gears: The Federal Government’s Reversal on California’s Clean Air Act Waiver, ACS Issue Brief (February, 2019).
- Alan Neff, On Wisconsin: Suing In State Court To Overturn Republicanss’ Lame-Duck Sore-Loser Legislation, ACS Expert Forum (January 22, 2019).
- Jeff Mandel and Craig Mastantuono, Brazen Effort to Curtail Wisconsin Attorney General’s Power is Unconstitutional, ACS In Brief (December 5, 2018).
- Zinelle October and Faisal Sheikh, State Attorneys General Impact Our Everyday Lives; Their Elections Matter, ACS In Brief (November 6, 2018).
- Alexandra O’Keefe, More Than 30 State Attorneys General Are Up for Election in 2018. Their Races Are Even More Important Than You Think, ACS In Brief (November 5, 2018).
- Jonathan Miller, Beyond the Courts: The Role of State and Local Governments in Supporting Immigrant Communities in the Trump Era, ACS Expert Forum (July 17, 2018).
- Andy Beshear, Kentucky Must Keep the Promise on Pensions for Teachers, Police, State Workers, ACS Expert Forum (Apr. 30, 2018).
- James Tierney, It’s Time To Take On Big Opioid Like We Did With Big Tobacco, ACS Expert Forum (Mar. 5, 2018).
- Alan Neff, State Prosecutions After Trump Pardons – Mueller’s Plan B?, ACS Expert Forum (Feb. 28, 2018).
- Terri Gerstein, Microsoft ends forced arbitration for sexual harassment: good news, but only a first step, ACS Expert Forum (Jan. 8, 2018).
- James Tierney, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan Takes Action to Compel Reform in the Chicago Police Department, ACSblog (Sept. 1, 2017).
- James Tierney, A Courageous Response to the Voice of Hate, ACS Expert Forum (Aug. 23, 2017).
- Ngozi Esomonu, Resistance from State Attorneys General Reminds Trump that No One is Above the Law, ACS Expert Forum (June 14, 2017).
- Leah Litman, States and The Emoluments Clause, ACSblog (June 13, 2017).
- Faisal Sheikh, Bipartisan Coalition of State AGs Oppose Defunding Legal Services Corporation, ACS Expert Forum (May 25, 2017).
- James Tierney, Twenty-One AGs Urge Education Secretary to Reconsider Rollback of Student Loan Reforms, ACS Expert Forum (May 2, 2017).
- James Tierney, Sabin Center and StateAG.org Launch Environmental Action Database, ACS Expert Forum (Mar. 16, 2017).
- James Tierney, Maryland Legislature Expands State AG Authority – Finally!, ACS Expert Forum (Mar. 3, 2017).