2025 Press Releases

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• 4/15/2025 Attorney General Tong Statement on Response from Avelo Airlines Regarding Deportation Flights

  Attorney General William Tong today issued the following statement following Avelo Airlines’ response to questions submitted last week about the company’s decision to enter into a contract to operate charter flights for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

• 4/14/2025 Attorney General Tong Supports Challenge to Trump Administration’s Unconstitutional Ideological Deportation Policy

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 19 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in American Association of University Professors, et al., v. Marco Rubio, et al. in the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts, supporting a challenge to the Trump Administration’s “Ideological Deportation Policy,” which targets and punishes noncitizens with lawful status, especially college students and faculty, who express political beliefs with which the Administration disagrees.

• 4/10/2025 Danbury Vape Shop Raids-- Attorney General Tong, Mayor Alves, Danbury Police, State Department of Consumer Protection, Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, Department of Revenue Services, Department of Labor, Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services Announce Confiscation of 55 LBS of Illegal Cannabis

  Attorney General William Tong, Danbury Mayor Roberto Alves, Danbury Police Chief Patrick Ridenhour, Consumer Protection Commissioner Bryan Cafferelli, Connecticut Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection Commissioner Ronnell Higgins, and Department of Labor Commissioner Danté Bartolomeo today announced results of a recent raid on Danbury smoke shops, netting approximately 55 pounds of illegal cannabis products from three shops found violating numerous criminal and civil statutes including illegal drug sales, underage sales, labor violations, and tax violations.

• 4/10/2025 Attorney General Tong Warns 9 Phone Providers Over Continued Unlawful Robocall Traffic

  Attorney General William Tong and the 51 bipartisan attorneys general of the Anti-Robocall Multistate Litigation Task Force notified nine voice service providers that they may be violating state and federal laws by continuing to route allegedly unlawful robocalls across their networks.

• 4/9/2025 Attorney General Tong Seeks Information from Avis Budget Regarding Denial of Rental Cars to Connecticut License Holders

  The Office of the Attorney General today sent a letter to Avis Budget Group following complaints that vehicle rental locations in Florida may be improperly refusing service to licensed Connecticut drivers.

• 4/9/2025 Attorney General Tong Seeks to Protect Consumers from High Overdraft Fees

  Attorney General William Tong and a coalition of 22 other attorneys general sent a letter to the leadership of the U.S. House of Representatives and the House Financial Services Committee urging the House to vote against a resolution that would overturn the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) 2024 rule limiting overdraft fees imposed by the country’s largest banks.

• 4/9/2025 Attorney General Tong Statement Regarding Trump Executive Order on Behalf of Fossil Fuel Industry

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement in response to a series of executive orders issued this week by President Donald Trump seeking to force the revival of dirty and dangerous energy generation and to block states from lawful efforts to combat the climate crisis.

• 4/8/2025 Attorney General Tong Seeks Answers from Avelo Airlines Regarding Contract Flights for Department of Homeland Security

  Attorney General William Tong today sent a letter to Avelo Airlines expressing his deep disappointment and asking a series of vital questions regarding the company’s decision to enter into a contract to operate charter flights for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

• 4/4/2025 Attorney General Tong Sues Trump Administration Over Unlawful Executive Order Seeking to Impose Sweeping Voting Restrictions

  Attorney General William Tong last night joined a coalition of 19 attorneys general in filing a lawsuit against President Donald J. Trump, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, the federal Election Assistance Commission, and other Trump Administration officials over Executive Order No. 14248 (the Elections Executive Order), an unconstitutional, antidemocratic, and un-American attempt to impose sweeping voting restrictions across the country.

• 4/4/2025 Attorney General Tong Sues to Stop Trump Administration Attack on Libraries, Museums and Workers

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 20 other attorneys general in suing the Trump administration to stop the dismantling of three federal agencies that provide services and funding supporting public libraries and museums, workers, and minority-owned businesses nationwide.

• 4/2/2025 Attorney General Tong Statement Regarding Trump Attack on Planned Parenthood of Southern New England

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement regarding news that President Donald Trump is withholding federal Title X funding for reproductive and primary healthcare at Planned Parenthood of Southern New England.

• 4/1/2025 Attorney General Tong Sues HHS, Sec. Kennedy to Overturn Public Health Grant Cuts

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 23 states and the District of Columbia in filing a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., for abruptly and illegally terminating $11 billion in critical public health grants to the states.

• 3/31/2025 Attorney General Tong Urges Support for Legislation to Crack Down on Reckless Driving Over 100 MPH

  Attorney General William Tong today submitted testimony in support of legislation proposed by his office to crack down on reckless driving over 100 mph, which endangers all using our roads.

• 3/27/2025 Attorney General Tong Vows to Fight Unlawful Cancelation of More Than $12 Billion in Federal Public Health Funds to States

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement vowing to fight more than $12 billion in unlawfully canceled public health funding to states, including more than $150 million to Connecticut alone.

• 3/26/2025 Attorney General Tong Urges Consumers to Check Eligibility for Compensation for Inflated Generic Drug Prices

  ttorney General William Tong is urging consumers to check their eligibility for compensation for certain generic drug purchases as Connecticut leads 50 states and territories in seeking preliminary approval for a $39.1 million settlement with generic drug manufacturer Apotex over conspiracy to inflate prices and limit competition.