2024 Press Releases

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• 10/7/2024 Attorney General Tong Statement as U.S. Supreme Court Declines Challenge Regarding Texas Emergency Abortion Care

  Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court today permitted a lower court ruling to remain in place preventing the Biden administration from enforcing the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) against Texas hospitals who decline to provide essential, stabilizing medical care to a patient when the medically necessary care is an abortion.

• 10/7/2024 Attorney General Tong Statement on Anniversary of October 7 Terrorist Attack on Israel

  Attorney General William Tong today released the following statement on the anniversary of the October 7 terrorist attack on Israel.

• 10/4/2024 Attorney General Tong Statement on PURA Decision Regarding Rates for Connecticut Natural Gas and Souther Connecticut Gas

  Attorney General William Tong issued a statement regarding the draft decisions issued by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority to decrease revenue for Connecticut Natural Gas (CNG) customers by $19 million and increase revenue for Southern Connecticut Gas (SCG) customers by $6.2 million.

• 10/3/2024 Attorney General Tong Announces $27 Million Multistate False Claims Settlement with Precision Diagnostics

  Attorney General William Tong announced today that Connecticut has joined the United States, the District of Columbia, and 42 other States in settling allegations against Precision Toxicology, LLC d/b/a Precision Diagnostics, Inc. (“Precision”).

• 10/3/2024 Attorney General Tong Statement Regarding Yankee Gas $209 Million Rate Hike Request

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement today regarding the announcement by Yankee Gas that it will soon file a request with the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority for a $209 million rate hike.

• 10/2/2024 Attorney General Tong Shuts Down Another Ghost Gun Dealer Following Illegal Sales in Connecticut

  Attorney General William Tong announced today that Utah-based AR Industries will cease operations in a settlement with the State arising from the company’s sale of illegal untraceable ghost gun parts.

• 9/30/2024 United Illuminating Seeks Yet Another Rate Hike-- Attorney General Tong Slams Tone-Deaf $105 Million Revenue Grab

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement after United Illuminating signaled today it will seek yet another rate hike.

• 9/25/2024 Attorney General Tong to Convene National Forum on Plastics

  Connecticut Attorney General William Tong is convening attorneys general, leading academics, advocates and industry experts for a national forum on plastics in New Haven on Thursday, September 26 and Friday, September 27.

• 9/24/2024 Attorney General Tong Releases Formal Opinion Regarding 2024 Budgeting Process

  Attorney General William Tong today released Formal Opinion 2024-002 addressing the legislature’s 2024 budgeting process.

• 9/20/2024 Attorney General Tong Announces $1.7 Million False Claims Settlement With Enzo Clinical Labs

  Attorney General William Tong today announced a $1,729,977 settlement with Enzo Biochem, Inc. and its subsidiary Enzo Clinical Labs, Inc., resolving allegations that the lab overbilled the Connecticut Medicaid program for testing services in violation of the state False Claims Act.

• 9/18/2024 Attorney General Tong Supports Bridgeport/Stratford Efforts to Provide Relief for Success Village Residents

• 9/17/2024 Attorney General Tong Statement Regarding Instagram Teen Accounts

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement regarding Meta’s new Instagram Teen Accounts. Meta announced today they will be rolling out new accounts for teens ages 13-17.

• 9/16/2024 Attorney General Tong, Consumer Counsel Petition for State Review of Iberdrola Move to Take Avangrid Fully Private

  Attorney General William Tong and Consumer Counsel Claire E. Coleman today filed a petition with the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority seeking state review of the proposed acquisition by Iberdrola of all remaining shares of Avangrid. Iberdrola is a Spain-based multinational conglomerate that owns 81.6 percent of United Illuminating, Southern Gas and Connecticut Natural Gas, as well as utilities in Maine, Massachusetts and New York. Iberdrola has moved to purchase all remaining shares, removing Avangrid as a publicly traded company.

• 9/10/2024 Attorney General Tong, Bipartisan Coalition Back Warning Labels for Social Media Platforms

  In a bipartisan letter today to Congress, Attorney General William Tong and 41 other attorneys general called on lawmakers to pass legislation requiring a U.S. surgeon general warning on all algorithm-driven social media platforms.

• 9/6/2024 Attorney General Tong Statement Regarding Insurance Rate Increases

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement regarding rate increases approved today by the Connecticut Insurance Department for Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, ConnectiCare and United/Oxford plans available on the individual and small group market, both on and off the state-sponsored exchange.