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• 9/16/2020 Attorney General Tong Statement Regarding Casey V. Lamont Decision

  Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement regarding the decision in Casey v. Lamont solidly affirming the Governor’s authority during public health and civil preparedness emergencies to take affirmative steps to protect public health and safe lives.

• 9/14/2020 Connecticut Sues Exxon For Decades of Deceit Regarding Climate Change

  Attorney General Tong Seeking Remediation and Restitution for Climate Damage, Civil Penalties, Disgorgement of Profits

• 9/11/2020 Attorney General William Tong Urges Cable Providers to Reimburse Customers for Lost Service during Outages Caused by Tropical Storm Isaias

  Attorney General William Tong is urging cable companies reimburse customers for lost services during the widespread days long power outages caused by Tropical Storm Isaias in August.

• 9/11/2020 Census Win-- Court Rules Undocumented Immigrants Must be Included in Congressional Apportionment

  A three-judge panel in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York yesterday sided with Connecticut and a coalition of states, blocking the Trump Administration from excluding undocumented immigrants from the apportionment base following the conclusion of the 2020 census.

• 9/10/2020 Attorney General Tong joins lawsuit to protect Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from oil and gas drilling

  Attorney General William Tong announced today he is joining a coalition of X states filing a federal lawsuit against the Trump Administration to protect Alaska’s pristine and undeveloped Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from oil and gas development.

• 9/10/2020 As Mail Delays Continue, Attorney General Tong and State Attorneys General Seek Court Order to Protect USPS Operations

  As mail delays continue, Attorney General William Tong joined a multistate coalition of attorneys general seeking a court order to block operational changes at the U.S. Postal Service ahead of the November election.

• 9/8/2020 Attorney General Tong Releases Statement on Voting Integrity

  Attorney General William Tong, along with a coalition of 24 other attorneys general, released a statement today highlighting the importance of election integrity.

• 9/8/2020 Attorney General Tong Urges Energy and Technology Committee to Enact Strong Protections for Ratepayers

  Attorney General William Tong submitted testimony today to the Energy and Technology Committee of the Connecticut State Legislature, urging strong action to protect ratepayers. In written testimony, Attorney General Tong offers support and key suggestions to strengthen ratepayer protections in the bill.

• 9/4/2020 Attorney General Tong Opposes Trump Administration Proposal Allowing Predatory Lenders to Take Advantage of Connecticut’s Most Vulnerable Communities

  Coalition Sends Letter Asking Federal Banking Regulator to Withdraw Rule Facilitating ‘Rent-A-Bank’ Schemes

• 9/2/2020 Connecticut and DC Attorneys General Question Premom Fertility App Over Privacy Concerns

  Connecticut Attorney General William Tong and District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine released a letter today to the CEO of Premom, questioning the fertility app over reports the company may have shared sensitive user data with third partner advertising and analytics firms without user consent.

• 9/1/2020 Attorney General Tong Joins Fight Against Trump Administration’s Attempts to Undermine Accurate Census Count

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a large, coalition of attorneys general, cities, counties, and the bipartisan U.S. Conference of Mayors in taking legal action against the Trump Administration’s efforts to undermine the 2020 Decennial Census.

• 8/28/2020 Attorney General Tong Continues Fight to Protect Dreamers from Trump Administration’s Unlawful and Cruel Policies

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 17 attorneys general from around the nation in continuing the fight against the Trump Administration’s efforts to eliminate DACA and threaten Dreamers with deportation.

• 8/28/2020 Attorney General Tong Challenges Trump Administration Rule Curtailing Environmental Review of Federal Actions

  Attorney General William Tong joined a multistate lawsuit filed today challenging the Trump Administration’s unlawful final rule curtailing requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) that federal agencies review and assess the impact of their actions on the environment. The final rule also limits public participation in the review process, robbing vulnerable communities of the opportunity to make their voices heard on actions that are likely to have adverse environmental and health impacts. In the lawsuit, the coalition argues that the final rule abandons informed decision making, public participation, and environmental and public health protections in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) and NEPA.

• 8/28/2020 Judge Grants Expedited Discovery in Postal Service Suit

  A federal judge in Washington has granted a multistate motion for expedited discovery, giving the Trump administration 10 days to produce records in the challenge seeking to block and reverse drastic operational changes at the U.S. Postal Service.

• 8/26/2020 AG Tong Joins 23 States in Supreme Court Brief Defending Nondiscrimination Laws and the Rights of Same-Sex Couples to be Foster Parents

  Attorney General William Tong today joined 23 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of the City of Philadelphia’s nondiscrimination law and the right of same-sex couples to be foster parents.