2025 Press Releases

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• 10/30/2025 Attorney General Tong Announces Next Steps in Grocery Pricing Inquiry

  Attorney General William Tong sent a letter to five of the top food distributors with footprints in Connecticut, expanding the state’s inquiry into unaffordable grocery prices that have remained stubbornly high since initial spikes during the COVID pandemic.

• 10/29/2025 Attorney General Tong Leads 38 Attorneys General Urging Congress to Prevent the Sale of Dangerous and Intoxicating Hemp-Derived THC Products

  Attorney General William Tong, Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin, Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison led a bipartisan coalition of 38 attorneys general urging congressional leaders to clarify the definition of “hemp,” which bad actors have exploited due to a perceived loophole in the 2018 Farm Bill.

• 10/28/2025 Attorney General Tong Statement Regarding PURA Final Decision Increasing United Illuminating Rates by $66 Million

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement regarding the final decision issued today by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority increasing rates for United Illuminating ratepayers by $66 million.

• 10/28/2025 Attorney General Tong Sues Trump Administration for Illegally Suspending SNAP Benefits

  Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 21 other attorneys general and three governors today in filing a lawsuit against the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and its Secretary Brooke Rollins for unlawfully suspending the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which helps more than 40 million Americans buy food, due to the ongoing federal government shutdown.

• 10/28/2025 Attorney General Tong Secures Two Court Orders to Protect Connecticut Education Funding

  Attorney General William Tong this week secured two court orders in two separate lawsuits blocking the Trump Administration from unlawful cuts harming Connecticut students.

• 10/23/2025 Attorney General Tong Secures Settlement with Online Clothing Retailer Regarding Deceptive Advertising and Billing Practices

  ttorney General William Tong today announced a $1 million multistate settlement with TFG Holding, Inc., an online clothing retailer that offers shoes, clothing, and accessories across several different brands, including JustFab, ShoeDazzle, and FabKids.

• 10/21/2025 Attorney General Tong Joins Brief in Supreme Court of the United States to Prevent Trump’s Unlawful Deployment of National Guard to Chicago

  Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 24 attorneys general and governors in filing an amicus brief in the Supreme Court of the United States in support of Illinois and the City of Chicago against President Trump’s unlawful, unconstitutional, and undemocratic deployment of the National Guard.

• 10/20/2025 Attorney General Tong Leads Brief Fighting Unlawful Defunding of Planned Parenthood

  Attorney General William Tong, along with California Attorney General Rob Bonta and New York Attorney General Letitia James, today led a coalition of 21 attorneys general filing an amicus brief in the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit supporting Planned Parenthood in its challenge to the Trump Administration’s unlawful efforts to defund its health centers.

• 10/17/2025 Attorney General Tong Supports Challenge to Executive Orders Unlawfully Targeting Transgender Individuals and Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility Initiatives

  Attorney General William Tong, as part of a coalition of 18 attorneys general, filed an amicus brief supporting a legal challenge to President Trump’s executive orders targeting diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility initiatives and programs that support transgender individuals.

• 10/16/2025 Attorney General Tong Announces Challenge to EPA's Attacks on Affordable Clean Energy for Low-Income Households

  Attorney General William Tong announced today Connecticut, 21 other states and the District of Columbia are suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin for illegally ending a $7 billion program that lowers energy costs and pollution by bringing solar energy to more than 900,000 households in low-income and disadvantaged communities across the country.

• 10/15/2025 Attorney General Tong: Department of Education’s Data Collection Proposal is Thinly-Veiled Pretense to Attack Lawful DEI Efforts

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 18 attorneys general in opposing the Trump Administration’s proposal to require colleges and universities to submit data linking race to admissions, financial aid, and student performance.

• 10/14/2025 Attorney General Tong Opposes Trump’s Unlawful Deployment of National Guard to Chicago

  Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition this weekend of 22 attorneys general and the governors of Kansas, Kentucky and Pennsylvania in filing a brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in support of Illinois against President Trump’s unlawful, unconstitutional, and undemocratic deployment of the National Guard without approval from the state’s governor.

• 10/14/2025 Joint Statement of 22 Attorneys General Condemning Retaliatory Prosecution of New York State Attorney General Letitia James

  Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 22 attorneys general from the states of Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Hawaiʻi, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, and Wisconsin, and the District of Columbia, to issue a joint statement condemning the Trump administration’s retaliatory prosecution of New York Attorney General Letitia James:

• 10/10/2025 Attorney General Tong Condemns Trump Attacks on Nonprofits' Freedom of Speech

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 10 attorneys general in issuing a joint statement condemning President Trump’s baseless and unprecedented attacks on nonprofits’ freedom of speech.

• 10/10/2025 Attorney General Tong Announces Antitrust Settlement with Moving and Storage Companies Over Alleged Bid-Rigging

  Attorney General William Tong today announced a $90,000 settlement with Fallon Moving & Storage, Inc. and Commercial Moving Services, LLC, resolving an investigation initiated earlier this year into illegal bid-rigging on a state contract for moving and storage services in violation of the Connecticut Antitrust Act.