2025 Press Releases

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• 5/22/2025 Attorney General Tong Statement Following Senate Approval of Legislation to Increase Penalties for Reckless Driving

  Attorney General William Tong released a statement following unanimous passage in the state Senate of legislation to increase penalties for reckless driving.

• 2/10/2025 Attorney General Tong Seeks Legislation to Combat Shrinkflation, Price Gouging

  Attorney General William Tong today urged lawmakers to back legislation proposed by the Office of the Attorney General to combat “shrinkflation” and price gouging contributing to unaffordable grocery bills for Connecticut families.

• 5/5/2025 Attorney General Tong Statement in Strong Support of Striking Pratt & Whitney Workers

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement in support of striking Pratt & Whitney machinists.

• 2/14/2025 Attorney General Tong Stands with Transgender Military Members in Challenge to President Trump’s Discriminatory Executive Order

  ttorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 20 state attorneys general in filing a “friend of the court,” or amicus brief, to support a lawsuit aiming to block the implementation of President Trump’s executive order banning transgender people from serving in the military. The brief argues that the executive order is unconstitutional, harms national security, and discriminates against transgender people honorably serving in our nation’s military, including the National Guard in every state.

• 2/13/2025 Attorney General Tong Statement on Preliminary Injunction Issued in Birthright Citizenship Case

  ttorney General William Tong today joined the attorneys general of New Jersey, California, Massachusetts, Delaware, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Nevada, New York, Vermont, and the City of San Francisco in releasing the following statement in response to a preliminary injunction being granted by a federal judge against President Trump’s unconstitutional executive order terminating birthright citizenship.

• 5/8/2025 Attorney General Tong Joins Whistleblower Suit Against CVS Pharmacy for Overbilling Medicaid for Prescriptions

  Attorney General William Tong announced today that Connecticut has joined a whistleblower suit and filed a complaint in intervention against CVS Pharmacy, Inc. alleging the pharmacy fraudulently overbilled state Medicaid programs for prescription drugs dispensed at its retail pharmacies.

• 7/15/2025 Attorney General Tong Announces $202 Million Settlement with Gilead Sciences Over Illegal Kickbacks

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 48 other attorneys general in securing $202 million from Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Gilead), for running an illegal kickback scheme to promote its HIV medications.

• 2/26/2025 Walgreens to Pay $97.8M to Resolve Allegations it Billed the Government for Uncollected Prescriptions

  Attorney General William Tong and 49 other attorneys general joined the U.S. Department of Justice today in settling allegations against Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. and Walgreen Co. (together, Walgreens).

• 8/5/2025 State Of Connecticut Secures Major Win as U.S. Education Department Restores Previously Withheld Funding

  Connecticut Attorney General William Tong and Governor Ned Lamont responded to official confirmation that the U.S. Department of Education has released previously withheld education funding to Connecticut.

• 5/8/2025 Attorney General Tong Statement Following Unanimous House Approval of Legislation to Increase Penalties for Reckless Driving

  ttorney General William Tong released a statement following a unanimous vote in the House of Representatives to advance legislation to increase penalties for reckless driving.

• 6/11/2025 Attorney General Tong Statement on Public Utilities Regulatory Authority Approval of Frontier-Verizon Merger

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement regarding approval by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority of the proposed merger of Frontier and Verizon.

• 8/5/2025 Bootleg GLP-1 Weight Loss Drug Distributor to Cease Unlawful Sales in Settlement with State

  Attorney General William Tong announced today that Triggered Brand will cease all sales of bootleg GLP-1 weight loss drugs, resolving a lawsuit brought by the state in May alleging violations of the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act.

• 3/18/2025 Attorney General Tong Opposes Changes to New Passport Application Rule Harming Transgender People

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 12 attorneys general in submitting a comment letter to the U.S. Department of State opposing proposed changes to the passport application process that would prevent transgender people from obtaining a passport that matches their gender identity.

• 6/18/2025 Attorney General Tong Statement on Supreme Court Decision Upholding Ban on Gender-Affirming Care

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement regarding the 6-3 decision issued by the U.S. Supreme Court today in U.S. v. Skrmetti, which upholds a law in the State of Tennessee banning transgender minors from receiving gender-affirming care.

• 1/17/2025 Attorney General Tong Leads Amicus Brief Defending Nationwide PFAS Forever Chemical Drinking Water Standards

  Attorney General William Tong today led a coalition of 18 attorneys general filing an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit defending a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rule establishing nationwide drinking water standards for certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl “PFAS” forever chemicals under the Safe Drinking Water Act.