News and Blogs
A collection of news articles and blog posts spotlighting state attorneys general and their work.
National State AG News
- Press Release, AG Healey Secures $14 Million in Settlement With Nation’s Largest Medicaid Managed Care Insurer, mass.gov (September 29, 2022).
- Brandon Tester, NC Attorney General Josh Stein: Opioid settlements ‘all about saving lives’, WNCT (September 28, 2022).
- Peter Hancock, Illinois takes Equal Rights Amendment to appeals court, Daily Herald (September 28, 2022).
- Radio Pacific, Inc., State AG Files Lawsuit Against Imposter Scamming Immigrants, Radio Pacific, Inc. (September 28, 2022).
- Bob Fernandez, Executive bonuses at Malvern opioid firm Endo were ‘excessive’ and ‘secret’ before bankruptcy, state AGs say, The Philadelphia Inquirer (September 23, 2022).
- Kara Scannell, Tierney Sneed, Marshall Cohen and Hannah Rabinowitz, New York attorney general files civil fraud lawsuit against Trump, some of his children and his business, CNN (September 21, 2022).
- Martin Austermuhle, In Response To Lawsuit, D.C. Says Metro Is ‘Sensitive Place’ Where Guns Should Remain Prohibited, DCist (September 20, 2022).
- Will Katcher, Haverhill car dealership charged Black, Hispanic customers more, Attorney General Maura Healey alleges, MassLive.com (September 20, 2022).
- Press Release, Attorney General Bonta Announces Lawsuit Against Amazon for Blocking Price Competition, State of California Department of Justice Office of the Attorney General (September 14, 2022).
- Leah Nylen, Google Must Face States’ Claims in Ad Tech Antitrust Suit, Bloomberg News (September 13, 2022).
- Press Release, Attorney General Tong Leads $438.5 Million Multistate Agreement With JUUL Labs, Connecticut Office of the Attorney General (September 6, 2022).
- Olafimihan Oshin, DC Attorney General Wins $4M In Fight Against Ghost Gun Maker, The Hill (August 11, 2022).
- Johnny Perez-Gonzalez, Delaware Attorney General Launches Abortion Legal Helpline, Whyy (August 10, 2022).
- Ben Orner, Nessel Names AG Opponent Deperno In Voting Machine Probe, Wants Special Prosecutor, MLive (August 8, 2022).
- Press Release, Acting AG Platkin Establishes Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion within Department of Law & Public Safety, State of New Jersey Office of the Attorney General (August, 5 2022).
- Jon Brodkin, 50 State AGs Vow Action Against Carriers That Bring Foreign Robocalls to US, Ars Technica (August 3, 2022).
- Press Release, AG Healey Leads Multistate Supreme Court Brief in Support of Race-Conscious Admissions Programs in Higher Education, Office of Attorney General Maura Healey (August 1, 2022).
- Sarah Guernelli, Neronha Files Complaint Against ‘Deceptive’ Contractor, WPRI (August 1, 2022).
- Brendan Pierson and Manas Mishra, CVS Siphoned Millions From ‘Safety Net’ Hospitals – New York Lawsuit, Reuters (July 28, 2022).
- Jeremy Roebuck and Michaelle Bond, DOJ Reaches ‘Historic’ Redlining Settlement with Philadelphia Mortgage Lender, The Philadelphia Inquirer (July 27, 2022).
- Press Release, Attorney General Raoul Leads Coalition Calling on Federal Government to Allow Haitian Refugees to be Heard, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul (July 25, 2022).
- Avi Bajpai, NC Officials Will Not Seek Reinstatement of 20-Week Abortion Ban, AG Josh Stein Says, The News and Observer (July 21, 2022).
- Todd Richmond, Wisconsin AG Sues 18 Companies Over PFAS Contamination, The Register Citizen (July 20, 2022).
- Racine Leads AG Peers in Protesting Alabama Redistricting Plan, The Washington Informer (July, 19 2022).
- Press Release, Attorney General Bonta Leads Coalition Calling for Federal Privacy Protections that Maintain Strong State Oversight, State of California Department of Justice Office of the Attorney General (July 19, 2022).
- News Release, AG Ferguson Shuts Down Tradesmen International’s Illegal Use Of Non-Compete Agreements, Wins Restitution For Impacted Workers, Washington State Office of the Attorney General (July 14, 2022).
- Andrew Mollenbeck, Iowa Attorney General Urges State to Pass ‘Red Flag’ Law, KCCI News (July 14, 2022).
- Valerie Bonk and Ivy Lyons, DC AG Sues Janitorial Companies, Calls Wage Practices ‘Clear Bait-And-Switch’, WTOP News (July 14, 2022).
- Safia Samee Ali, New Mexico Attorney General Will Review Albuquerque Police Actions That Led to Teen’s Death During Raid, NBC News (July 13, 2022).
- Kayla Clarke, Michigan AG Backs Federal Rule to Regulate Ghost Guns, Click On Detroit (July 12, 2022).
- News Release, Attorney General Josh Stein Defends the SAFE Child Act at the North Carolina Supreme Court, North Carolina Department of Justice (July 12, 2022).
- James Bikales, PA. Town Broke Law in Recent Hiring of Tamir Rice’s Killer, A.G. Says, The Washington Post (July 11, 2022).
- Press Release, Attorney General James Recovers Nearly $300,000 of Illegally Withheld Security Deposits for Brooklyn Tenants, New York State Attorney General (July 7, 2022).
- Press Release, New Law Offering Free or Discounted Hospital Care to 4 Million Washingtonians Effective Tomorrow, Washington State Office of the Attorney General (June 30, 2022).
- Press Release, Attorney General Bonta: California Will Restrict State-Funded Travel to Arizona, Indiana, Louisiana, and Utah, State of California Department of Justice Office of the Attorney General (June 30, 2022).
- Paul Duggan, Gun Owners Sue D.C., Demanding to Carry Firearms on Metro, The Washington Post (June 30, 2022).
- Midwest Guns: IL Launches Statewide Gun Trace Database to Combat Firearm Trafficking, Sun-Times Media Wire (June 30, 2022).
ACSblogs and Issue Briefs
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- Valerie Nannery, An Office You Cannot Afford to Ignore on Your Ballot, ACS Expert Forum (September 28, 2022).
- Hector Balderas, Hispanic Dreams are the American Dream, ACS Expert Forum (September 16, 2022)
- Terri Gerstein, The Role of State Attorneys General in Protecting Workers’ Rights, ACS Expert Forum (September 4, 2022)
- Carolyn Shapiro, The Role(s) of the State Attorney General in a Post-Dobbs Landscape, ACS Expert Forum (July 14, 2022)
- Amanda Hainsworth & Jonathan Miller, The Past Work of State AGs in Advancing LGBTQ+ Equality and a New Vision for Their Efforts, ACS Expert Forum (June 23, 2022)
- 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).