2025 Press Releases

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

• 4/25/2025 Attorney General Tong Joins Coalition Supporting Susman Godfrey, Law Firm Attacked by Unconstitutional Executive Order

  Attorney General William Tong today joined 20 attorneys general in an amicus brief in support of law firm Susman Godfrey, which is challenging an unconstitutional presidential order issued as retribution against the firm for representing clients in the aftermath of the 2020 election and defending the integrity of that election.

• 4/25/2025 Attorney General Tong Sues Trump Administration Over Unlawful Conditions on Funding for K-12 Schools

  Attorney General William Tong today, as part of a coalition of 19 attorneys general, filed a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Department of Education’s threat to withhold federal funding from state and local agencies that refuse to abandon lawful programs and policies that promote equal access to education in K-12 classrooms across the nation.

• 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

• 4/21/2025 Attorney General Tong Statement on Passing of Pope Francis

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement today following the passing of His Holiness Pope Francis at the age of 88.

• 4/17/2025 Attorney General Tong Releases Updated Report on Connecticut Data Privacy Act

  Attorney General William Tong today released a new report detailing the actions the Office of the Attorney General took in 2024 to enforce compliance with the Connecticut Data Privacy Act (CTDPA).

• 4/17/2025 Attorney General Tong Statement on Decision in Google Digital Advertising Antitrust Case

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement following today’s decision in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia ruling that Google illegally maintained an online monopoly in the advertising technology market.

• 4/16/2025 Attorney General Tong Leads Brief to Defend Social Security from Erratic and Unlawful Mismanagement

  Attorney General William Tong led a coalition of 20 states filing an amicus brief supporting an injunction to block erratic and unlawful layoffs and mismanagement at the Social Security Administration by acting administrator Leland Dudek and the Department of Government Efficiency that jeopardize continued payments for millions of Americans.

• 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.