2025 Press Releases

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• 8/21/2025 Attorney General Tong Petitions the FDA to Remove Burdensome Restrictions on Mifepristone

  Attorney General William Tong, 16 other attorneys general and the governor of Pennsylvania this week petitioned the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to remove burdensome restrictions on mifepristone, one of two drugs used in medication abortions, the most common means of abortion in the United States.

• 8/20/2025 Attorney General Tong Continues Support of Litigation Challenging Unconstitutional Immigration Stops in Southern California

  Attorney General William Tong today, as part of a coalition of 17 attorneys general, submitted a second amicus brief in support of litigation challenging U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) unconstitutional and unlawful stops of Southern California residents during immigration sweeps.

• 8/19/2025 Attorney General Tong Seeks Court Order Blocking Trump Administration’s Attempt to Bully States into Sharing the Private Data of SNAP Participants

  Attorney General William Tong yesterday asked a court to block the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) from attempting to force states to turn over the personal and sensitive information about millions of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients while litigation over the legality of the demand continues.

• 8/18/2025 Attorney General Tong Announces Investigation Into AT&T Over Unauthorized Charges

  Attorney General William Tong today announced an investigation into AT&T over unauthorized charges added to customer accounts. The civil investigation follows criminal charges filed against a former AT&T employee in Stafford, Connecticut alleged to have added unauthorized lines to customer accounts in a ploy to earn bonuses and commissions.

• 8/18/2025 Attorney General Tong Sues Trump Administration Over Illegal Conditions on Over $1 Billion for Victims and Survivors of Crime

  Attorney General William Tong today announced he has joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general suing the Trump Administration over the illegal imposition of conditions on Congressionally-authorized Victims of Crime Act grants.

• 8/15/2025 Attorney General Tong Sues to Stop Federal Cuts That Threaten State Energy Programs

  Attorney General William Tong today joined 18 other states and the District of Columbia in suing to block the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) from imposing a new funding cap that slashes support for vital state-run energy programs.

• 8/15/2025 Attorney General Tong Statement on Letter from U.S. Department of Justice Falsely Identifying Connecticut as Sanctuary Jurisdiction

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement regarding the letter received by the Office of the Attorney General from United States Attorney General Pam Bondi falsely identifying Connecticut as a sanctuary jurisdiction.

• 8/15/2025 Attorney General Tong Leads Bipartisan Letter to CDC and HHS in Support of National Youth Tobacco Survey

  Attorney General William Tong today led a bipartisan coalition of 22 states in submitting a comment letter to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Department of Health and Human Services supporting continuation of the National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS).

• 8/15/2025 Attorney General Tong Urges Scrutiny of Unaffordable Insurance Rates

  Attorney General William Tong today submitted comments to the Connecticut Insurance Department seeking scrutiny of unaffordable rate hike requests from seven health insurers for plans available on the individual and small group market, both on and off the state-sponsored exchange.

• 8/14/2025 Attorney General Tong Announces Settlement Over Misleading Marketing of Anti-Violence Online Course

  Attorney General William Tong today announced a $15,000 settlement with eLearning Systems, LLC over misleading marketing of the company’s online anti-domestic violence course.

• 8/13/2025 Attorney General Tong Secures Preliminary Relief Blocking Medicaid Data from Being Used for Immigration Enforcement Purposes

  Attorney General William Tong today issued the following statement after the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted a preliminary injunction finding Connecticut and a multistate coalition were likely to succeed on their claim that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) decision to provide unfettered access to individual personal health data to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which houses Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), violated the Administrative Procedure Act’s prohibition on arbitrary and capricious rulemaking.

• 8/13/2025 Connecticut Lab and Owners to Pay More Than $1.2 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations

  Attorney General William Tong today announced that Genco Lab, LLC and its owners and officers, Paul Conroy, Tricia Conroy, and Charles Orefice, have entered into a civil settlement agreement with the federal and state governments and agreed to pay more than $1.2 million to settle allegations that they submitted false and fraudulent claims to government health care programs.

• 8/11/2025 Attorney General Tong Launches Operation Robocall Roundup, Issues Warning Letters to 37 Telecom Companies

  Attorney General William Tong today announced the launch of Operation Robocall Roundup, a multistate effort by the Anti-Robocall Litigation Task Force to crack down on robocalls across the country. Attorney General Tong and 50 bipartisan attorneys general are sending warning letters to 37 voice providers demanding that they act now to stop illegal robocalls being routed through their networks.

• 8/6/2025 Attorney General Tong Announces APRN and Medical Practice to Pay Over $600k And Cease Connecticut Medicaid Participation to Settle False Claims Act Allegations

  Attorney General William Tong today announced that Armand Ntchana and his various entities have entered into a civil settlement agreement with the federal and state governments and agreed to pay more than $600,000 to resolve allegations that they violated the federal and state False Claims Acts by causing false claims to be submitted to Medicare and Connecticut Medicaid.

• 8/5/2025 Attorney General Tong Statement Regarding New Trump Administration List Once Again Falsely Labeling Connecticut a "Sanctuary" Jurisdiction

  Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement after the Department of Homeland Security released a new list once-again falsely labeling Connecticut as a state sanctuary jurisdiction.