2026 Press Releases

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• 2/18/2026 Attorney General Sues Trump Administration for Illegally Terminating Funding for Energy and Infrastructure Programs

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 13 attorneys general suing the Trump Administration to block its unlawful decision to terminate energy and infrastructure programs created by Congress in laws such as the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA).

• 2/18/2026 Attorney General Tong Urges Senate to Reject SAVE America Act

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 12 attorneys general in urging the U.S. Senate to reject the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act, warning that the legislation would unlawfully nationalize election administration, impose sweeping new barriers to voter registration, and disenfranchise millions of eligible Americans.

• 2/17/2026 Attorney General Tong Asks Court to Enforce Order Preventing Trump Administration from Unlawfully Cutting Billions in Disaster Preparedness Funding

  Attorney General William Tong and a coalition of 23 states today filed a motion asking the District Court of Massachusetts to enforce its December 11, 2025 order that prohibited the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) from terminating the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities Program (BRIC) and directed the agency to promptly take all steps necessary to reverse the termination.

• 2/13/2026 Attorney General Tong Statement on Major Win in Challenge to Connecticut Captive Audience Law

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement after a federal district court judge granted the state’s motion for summary judgment and dismissed the Connecticut Business and Industry Association and U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s challenge to Connecticut’s captive audience law.

• 2/10/2026 Attorney General Tong Statement Following Meeting with Concierge Management

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement after concluding a meeting with senior leadership of JRK Property Holdings, the California-based real estate investment company that manages Concierge Apartments in Rocky Hill.

• 2/9/2026 Attorney General Tong Announces Investigation Into Concierge Apartments

  Attorney General William Tong today announced an investigation into Concierge Apartments management, sending a civil investigative demand under the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act seeking documentation and answers regarding the landlord’s management and response to deteriorating conditions at the Rocky Hill apartment complex.

• 2/6/2026 Attorney General Tong Secures Agreement with Trump Administration to Protect Millions in Education Funding Related to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Initiatives

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 19 attorneys general in securing an agreement with the Trump Administration to prevent it from withholding federal funding from state and local education agencies that refuse to abandon lawful programs and policies related to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility, which promotes equal access to education in K-12 classrooms across the nation.

• 2/6/2026 Attorney General Tong Responds to Concierge Apartments

  Attorney General William Tong today responded to representatives for Concierge Apartments, blasting the tone-deaf and callous response from the private equity backed multi-billion-dollar real estate firm to critically deteriorating conditions at the Rocky Hill complex.

• 2/5/2026 Attorney General Tong Releases Updated Report on Connecticut Data Privacy Act, Discloses Active Investigations Related to Safety of Children and Teens Online

  Attorney General William Tong today released a new report on the Connecticut Data Privacy Act (CTDPA), detailing the Office’s actions in 2025 to enforce compliance with Connecticut’s data privacy law.

• 2/2/2026 Attorney General Tong Announces Settlements With Lannett and Bausch Totaling $17.85 Million Over Conspiracies to Inflate Prices and Limit Competition, Announces New Complaint Against Novartis, Sandoz AG and Sandoz Group AG

  Attorney General William Tong today led a coalition of 48 states and territories announcing two settlements with Lannett Company, Inc. (“Lannett”) and Bausch Health US, LLC and Bausch Health Americas, Inc. (“Bausch”), totaling $17.85 million to resolve allegations that both companies engaged in widespread, long-running conspiracies to artificially inflate and manipulate prices, reduce competition, and unreasonably restrain trade with regard to numerous generic prescription drugs.

• 1/29/2026 Attorney General Tong Joins Multistate Coalition Condemning DOJ Threats Against Minnesota

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 21 other attorneys general in denouncing the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) latest attempt to coerce the State of Minnesota.

• 1/28/2026 Attorney General Tong Announces $515,000 Settlement with Ambulance Billing Vendor for Failing to Safeguard Sensitive Patient Medical Information

  Attorney General William Tong and Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell today announced that Connecticut and Massachusetts have reached a $515,000 settlement with Comstar, LLC, a Massachusetts-based ambulance billing vendor, for failing to safeguard sensitive patient information during a March 2022 data breach that potentially affected the Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, financial account numbers, and medical assessment information of approximately 326,426 Massachusetts residents and 22,829 Connecticut residents.

• 1/28/2026 Attorney General Tong and Consumer Counsel Coleman Secure Consumer Protection Commitments in Proposed Charter/Cox Merger Settlement

  Today, Attorney General Tong and Consumer Counsel Coleman announced the filing of a comprehensive settlement that secures major consumer protections as Charter Communications seeks to move forward with acquiring Cox Communications and its Connecticut operations.

• 1/23/2026 Attorney General Tong Supports Minnesota Challenge to Militarized and Illegal Deployments

  Attorney General William Tong today, joining a coalition of 20 attorneys general, filed an amicus brief in support of Minnesota’s lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration’s extraordinary campaign of lawlessness during its deployment of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Border Patrol to the Twin Cities area of Minneapolis and Saint Paul.

• 1/23/2026 Attorney General Tong Demands Action from xAI over Grok’s Creation of Nonconsensual Sexual Content

  ttorney General William Tong today led a bipartisan group of 35 attorneys general demanding that xAI, the company that owns both the X social media platform and the AI chatbot Grok, take additional action to prevent its AI chatbot, Grok, from generating nonconsensual intimate images and child sexual abuse material.