2025 Press Releases

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• 1/23/2025 Joint Statement from Twelve State Attorneys General: State and Local Law Enforcement Cannot be Commandeered for Federal Immigration Enforcement

  Attorney General William Tong, along with the attorneys general of California, New York, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Mexico, Rhode Island, and Vermont, today issued a joint statement addressing a memorandum from a Trump political appointee at the U.S. Department of Justice addressing state and local involvement in federal immigration enforcement.

• 2/28/2025 Attorney General Tong Takes Action to Enforce Court Order Stopping Trump Administration’s Illegal Funding Freeze

  Attorney General William Tong this evening joined a coalition of 22 other attorneys general in filing a second motion for enforcement in their ongoing lawsuit against the Trump administration’s illegal and destructive freeze of federal funding. Despite multiple court orders, the administration has continued to block hundreds of millions of dollars in grants to the states from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). This funding freeze threatens critical emergency preparedness and recovery programs to address wildfires, floods, cybersecurity threats, and more.

• 1/21/2025 Attorney General Tong Sues President Trump to Block Unconstitutional Attack on Birthright Citizenship

  Minutes ago, Attorney General William Tong and the attorneys general of 17 other states, the District of Columbia and the City of San Francisco sued President Donald Trump in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, challenging the lawless executive order ending birthright citizenship, eviscerating clear constitutional rights to which all children born in the U.S. are entitled.

• 4/24/2025 Attorney General Tong, East Hartford Mayor Martin Urge Passage of Legislation to Strengthen Enforcement Against Illegal Cannabis Sales

  Attorney General William Tong, East Hartford Mayor Connor S. Martin and East Hartford Assistant Police Chief Joshua Litwin held a press conference today to urge passage of legislation to strengthen state and local enforcement against illegal cannabis sales.

• 4/23/2025 Attorney General Tong Sues Trump Administration to Stop Illegal Tariffs

  Joins Lawsuit Filed by 12 Attorneys General to Block Illegal Tariffs that are Increasing Prices and Inflicting Chaos on the American Economy

• 7/16/2025 Attorney General Tong Sues Trump Administration for Unlawfully Cutting Billions in Disaster Mitigation Funding

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 20 states in suing the Trump Administration over its decision to illegally shut down the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) bipartisan Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program, designed to protect communities from natural disasters before they strike.

• 3/14/2025 Attorney General Tong Statement Regarding Court Decision Upholding $2 Million Penalty for United Illuminating Over Failure to Clean-up English Station

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement regarding a Superior Court decision issued Thursday upholding the $2 million annual penalty levied by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority at the urging of Attorney General Tong against United Illuminating for the company’s longstanding failure to remediate contamination at the defunct English Station power plant in New Haven.

• 2/27/2025 Attorney General Tong Statement Regarding Court Approval of $5 Million Settlement with Stone Academy and its Owners

  Attorney General William Tong released a statement today following court approval of the $5 million settlement 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.

• 6/13/2025 Attorney General Tong Secures Decision Blocking Trump’s Unlawful Elections Order

  Attorney General William Tong today issued a statement on a decision by the District Court for the District of Massachusetts granting a preliminary injunction blocking unlawful provisions in President Donald Trump’s unprecedented elections executive order.

• 6/16/2025 Attorney General Tong Announces All 55 Attorneys General Sign On to $7.4 Billion Purdue Settlement

  Attorney General William Tong today announced that all 55 attorneys general, representing all eligible states and U.S. territories, agreed to sign on to a $7.4 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family.

• 6/16/2025 Attorney General Tong Joins Coalition Of 23 Attorneys General Opposing President Trump’s Unlawful Freeze of Foreign Aid Funds

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a group of 23 attorneys general opposing the Trump Administration’s unlawful decision to withhold billions of dollars of United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funding for foreign aid programs.

• 6/16/2025 Attorney General Tong Files Brief Opposing Unlawful Termination of Job Corps

  Attorney General William Tong has joined a coalition of 20 attorneys general filing an amicus brief in support of Job Corps, a national program that offers career training and housing to young Americans from low-income backgrounds.

• 4/28/2025 Attorney General Tong Issues Formal Opinion 2025-01 on ARPA Funds

• 6/27/2025 Attorney General Tong Statement on Supreme Court Punt on Nationwide Injunction Blocking Unconstitutional Trump Order to Eliminate Birthright Citizenship

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement regarding the 6-3 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court striking down the nationwide injunction blocking the elimination of birthright citizenship while legal challenges continue.

• 7/14/2025 Attorney General Tong Sues Trump Administration over $53 Million in Frozen Funds for Connecticut Schools

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 25 states in suing the Trump Administration over its unconstitutional, unlawful, and arbitrary decision to freeze $6.8 billion in funding for six longstanding programs administered by the U.S. Department of Education, including over $53 million for Connecticut schools alone.