2025 Press Releases

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• 2/20/2025 Attorney General Tong Joins Multistate Coalition to Defend the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 23 attorneys general warning against efforts by the Trump administration and Elon Musk to defund and disband the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).

• 7/29/2025 Attorney General Tong Joins Lawsuit Challenging Trump Administration’s Illegal Demands That States Hand Over Sensitive Personal Data of Snap Recipients

  Attorney General William Tong, as part of a coalition of 22 states, filed a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) demand that states turn over personal and sensitive information about millions of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients.

• 6/6/2025 Attorney General Tong Calls on Insurance Department to Scrutinize Unaffordable Rate Hike Demands

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement regarding insurance rate hike requests announced today by the Connecticut Insurance Department from seven health insurers for plans available on the individual and small group market, both on and off the state-sponsored exchange.

• 1/10/2025 Attorney General Tong Announces $5 Million Preliminary Settlement With Stone Academy and Its Owners

  Attorney General William Tong announced today a $5 million preliminary settlement has been reached with Stone Academy and its owners to resolve claims filed by the State and former students involving unfair and deceptive conduct at the defunct for-profit nursing school.

• 7/28/2025 Attorney General Tong Statement Regarding Plainville Firefighter Killed in Line of Duty

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement regarding the death of Plainville firefighter Raymond "Ray" Moreau Sunday morning while battling a house fire.

• 1/27/2025 Attorney General Tong Congratulates Judicial Nominees

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement congratulating the nominations of 20 individuals by Governor Ned Lamont to serve as judges and magistrates throughout Connecticut’s state court system, including Deputy Associate Attorney General Daniel Shapiro, Chief of the Health and Education Section, to the Superior Court.

• 3/25/2025 Attorney General Tong Urges Comcast and YES to Reach Agreement Before Opening Day

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement urging Comcast and the Yankee Entertainment and Sports Network (YES) to reach an agreement and prevent a shutoff before MLB Opening Day on Thursday.

• 1/28/2025 Attorney General Tong Statement on Devastating Memo from Trump Office of Management and Budget Ordering Lawless, Sweeping Stop to Federal Funding

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement in response to the devastating memo issued by President Trump’s Office of Management and Budget ordering a lawless and sweeping stop to federal grant funding.

• 2/26/2025 Attorney General Tong Leads 38-State and Territory Bipartisan Coalition Urging Congress to Take Action Against Rise in Organized Retail Crime

  Attorney General William Tong is co-leading a 38-state and territory bipartisan coalition in urging Congress to take action to address the rise in organized retail crime across the country.

• 3/17/2025 Attorney General Tong Vows to Fight for Connecticut Clean Air, Clean Water and Climate as Trump Administration Threatens to Gut Environmental Regulations

  Attorney General William Tong today promised to fight for Connecticut clean air, clean water and climate following the announcement by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin that his agency will gut regulations protecting Americans from airborne toxins, smog, dirty power plants and more.

• 7/28/2025 Attorney General Tong Urges PURA To Reject Yankee Gas $193 Million Rate Hike Request

  Attorney General William Tong today filed a brief urging the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) to reject a $193 million rate hike sought by Yankee Gas.

• 2/21/2025 Attorney General Tong Statement Regarding Bomb Threat

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement regarding a bomb threat made to his home in Stamford.

• 2/27/2025 Attorney General Tong Statement on Bomb Threat Targeting Senator Harding and His Family

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement regarding the bomb threat targeting State Sen. Stephen Harding and his family.

• 2/20/2025 Attorney General Tong Calls for Federal Action Against Counterfeit Weight Loss Drug Makers

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a 38-state and territory bipartisan coalition requesting that the Food and Drug Administration take swift action against bad actors endangering consumers with counterfeit forms of the weight loss and diabetes drugs Mounjaro, Zepbound, Ozempic, and Wegovy (GLP-1 drugs).

• 6/14/2025 Attorney General Tong Statement Regarding Assassination of Minnesota State Legislator

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement regarding the assassination of Minnesota State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark, and the attacks on State Senator John A. Hoffman and his wife Yvette outside Minneapolis.