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• 5/2/2022 Attorney General Tong Statement on Reported Supreme Court Vote to Overturn Roe v. Wade

  Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement regarding media reports that the U.S. Supreme Court has voted to overturn Roe v. Wade.

• 5/2/2022 Attorney General Tong Urges Scrutiny of Eversource Smart Meter Plan

  Attorney General William Tong filed comments with the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority seeking scrutiny of an Eversource proposal to charge ratepayers $620 million for new smart meter technology.

• 4/28/2022 Attorney General Tong Sues Postal Service for Flawed Environmental Review Used to Justify Purchase of Massive Fossil Fuel-Powered Vehicle Fleet

  Attorney General William Tong today joined 16 other attorneys general, the City of New York, and the Bay Area Air Quality Management District in suing the U.S. Postal Service and challenging its deeply flawed environmental analysis for its Next Generation Delivery Vehicle Acquisition program.

• 4/27/2022 Attorney General Tong Praises Confirmation of Vanessa Avery as United States Attorney

  Attorney General William Tong praised the confirmation today of Vanessa Avery to serve as United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut. Vanessa Avery currently serves as the Associate Attorney General for Enforcement, Litigation and Investigations in the Connecticut Office of the Attorney General.

• 4/19/2022 Attorney General Tong Warns Connecticut Residents to be Wary of Scam Fire Department Text Messages

  Attorney General Tong today warned Connecticut residents to be wary of text message scams pretending to sell merchandise benefiting local fire departments.

• 4/18/2022 Attorney General Tong Moves for State Custody of Animals Seized from Hebron Animal Rescue

  Attorney General William Tong is seeking state custody of 70 animals seized from an overcrowded and unsanitary Hebron animal rescue.

• 4/13/2022 Attorney General Tong Applauds EPA for Plan to Reaffirm Mercury and Air Toxics Standards

  Comments Support EPA’s Plan to Reverse the Trump Administration’s Illegal Finding Against Regulating Toxic Air Pollution from Power Plants

• 4/12/2022 Attorney General Tong Joins Coalition Fighting to Protect Family Planning Funding

  Attorney General William Tong has taken legal action to protect access to reproductive health care and restore federal funding for family planning services.

• 4/12/2022 Attorney General Tong Calls on CFPB to Prohibit Mortgage Servicers from Charging Convenience Fees

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 22 attorneys general urging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to prohibit mortgage servicers from charging convenience fees. According to the coalition, convenience fees charged by mortgage servicers are one of the more exploitative “pay to pay” fees consumers face.

• 4/8/2022 Attorney General Tong: EPA Must Rethink Standards Regulating Particulate Matter Pollution from Airplanes

  Attorney General William Tong this week joined a multistate coalition urging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to adopt more protective standards for particulate matter emissions from airplanes.

• 4/7/2022 Attorney General Tong Statement on Treasurer Wooden

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement regarding the decision of State Treasurer Shawn T. Wooden not to seek re-election.

• 4/1/2022 Attorney General Tong Releases Guidance on Gas Tax Holiday Complaints

  Attorney General William Tong today released consumer guidance on reporting suspected violations of the state gas tax holiday.

• 3/30/2022 Attorney General Tong Update on Deer Lake Sale

  Following conversations with Attorney General William Tong, the Boy Scouts of America Connecticut Yankee Council agreed today to postpone consideration of proposals for the purchase of Deer Lake until May 1.

• 3/30/2022 Attorney General Tong Urges TikTok and Snapchat to Give Parents More Control

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a bipartisan coalition of 44 attorneys general urging TikTok and Snapchat to give parents the ability to monitor their children’s social media usage and protect their children from online threats using parental control apps.

• 3/29/2022 Attorney General Tong Announces $602K Settlement With American Medical Response of Connecticut Regarding Billing Practices

  Attorney General William Tong and U.S. Attorney Leonard C. Boyle today announced a $601,759 civil settlement with American Medical Response of Connecticut resolving allegations that the ambulance service overbilled the Connecticut Medicaid program.