2025 Press Releases

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• 6/23/2025 Attorney General Tong Supports Lawsuits Challenging Public Media Funding Cuts

  Attorney General William Tong has filed a court brief along with 22 other attorneys general in support of two lawsuits brought by National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service that seek to block proposed funding cuts to their organizations and local affiliates.

• 6/18/2025 Attorney General Tong Statement on Supreme Court Decision Upholding Ban on Gender-Affirming Care

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement regarding the 6-3 decision issued by the U.S. Supreme Court today in U.S. v. Skrmetti, which upholds a law in the State of Tennessee banning transgender minors from receiving gender-affirming care.

• 6/17/2025 Attorney General Tong Issues Guidance Affirming the Legality and Necessity of Environmental Justice Initiatives

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of attorneys general issuing multistate guidance affirming the necessity and legality of environmental justice initiatives.

• 6/16/2025 Attorney General Tong Joins Coalition Of 23 Attorneys General Opposing President Trump’s Unlawful Freeze of Foreign Aid Funds

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a group of 23 attorneys general opposing the Trump Administration’s unlawful decision to withhold billions of dollars of United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funding for foreign aid programs.

• 6/16/2025 Attorney General Tong Announces All 55 Attorneys General Sign On to $7.4 Billion Purdue Settlement

  Attorney General William Tong today announced that all 55 attorneys general, representing all eligible states and U.S. territories, agreed to sign on to a $7.4 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family.

• 6/16/2025 Attorney General Tong Files Brief Opposing Unlawful Termination of Job Corps

  Attorney General William Tong has joined a coalition of 20 attorneys general filing an amicus brief in support of Job Corps, a national program that offers career training and housing to young Americans from low-income backgrounds.

• 6/14/2025 Attorney General Tong Statement Regarding Assassination of Minnesota State Legislator

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement regarding the assassination of Minnesota State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark, and the attacks on State Senator John A. Hoffman and his wife Yvette outside Minneapolis.

• 6/13/2025 Attorney General Tong Secures Decision Blocking Trump’s Unlawful Elections Order

  Attorney General William Tong today issued a statement on a decision by the District Court for the District of Massachusetts granting a preliminary injunction blocking unlawful provisions in President Donald Trump’s unprecedented elections executive order.

• 6/12/2025 Attorney General Tong Joins 21-State Coalition Filing Amicus Brief Opposing Trump's Military Deployment in California

  Attorney General William Tong today filed an amicus brief with leaders from 21 states supporting California’s request for a court order blocking the president’s unlawful federalization and deployment of that state’s National Guard.

• 6/11/2025 Attorney General Tong Statement on Public Utilities Regulatory Authority Approval of Frontier-Verizon Merger

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement regarding approval by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority of the proposed merger of Frontier and Verizon.

• 6/11/2025 Connecticut Enters Multistate Legal Fight to Protect Genetic Information in 23andMe Bankruptcy Case from Sale to Highest Bidder

  Attorney General William Tong today announced Connecticut has joined a bipartisan coalition of 28 attorneys general objecting to the proposed sale of personal genetic information collected by 23andMe.

• 6/11/2025 Attorney General Tong Leads Bipartisan Coalition Urging Meta to Protect Users from Fraudulent Investment Ads

  Attorney General William Tong today co-led a bipartisan coalition of 42 attorneys general in calling on Meta Platforms, Inc. (Meta) to protect people from fraudulent investment ads appearing on Facebook.

• 6/10/2025 Office of the Attorney General Preview of Pending U.S. Supreme Court Decisions

• 6/9/2025 Attorney General Tong Supports Harvard University's Challenge to the Trump Administration's Retaliatory Federal Funding Freeze

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, supporting Harvard University’s motion for summary judgment in litigation against a number of federal agencies for their unlawful cancellation of more than $2 billion in federal funding to the university.

• 6/6/2025 Attorney General Tong Calls on Insurance Department to Scrutinize Unaffordable Rate Hike Demands

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement regarding insurance rate hike requests announced today by the Connecticut Insurance Department from seven health insurers for plans available on the individual and small group market, both on and off the state-sponsored exchange.