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• 8/4/2020 AG Tong Joins 20-State Coalition Against Florida's Unlawful Pay-to-Vote System For Formerly Incarcerated Citizens

  Attorneys General Argue Florida Law Restricts Voting Rights to Former Felons Who Have Paid Off All Legal Financial Obligations; Disparately Harms African Americans and Latinx Community

• 8/4/2020 Attorney General Tong Joins Bipartisan Coalition Urging Federal Government to Increase Access and Affordability for Remdesivir

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a bipartisan multistate coalition led by California Attorney General Becerra and Louisiana Attorney General Landry in sending a letter request to U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), urging them to use their legal authority under the Bayh-Dole Act to increase the availability of remdesivir. Remdesivir, a drug manufactured by Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Gilead), has shown promising results in reducing mortality and hospitalization from COVID-19.

• 7/31/2020 AG Tong Demands Answers From Eversource Following Rate Hikes

  Office of the Attorney General Serves Formal Interrogatories as Part of PURA Docket

• 7/30/2020 Attorney General Tong Condemns Blatantly Unlawful Trump Threat to Postpone Election

  Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement regarding President Trump’s blatantly unlawful threat to postpone the November election.

• 7/30/2020 Court Blocks Trump Public Charge Rule Following Motion by CT and Partner States

  Attorney General William Tong released a statement today after the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York blocked the Trump Administration’s Public Charge Rule following a motion by Connecticut and partner states.

• 7/29/2020 AG Tong and Secretary Merrill Urge Businesses to Use New State Portal to Help Prevent Government Imposter Scams

  In conjunction with the launch of business.ct.gov, Attorney General William Tong and Secretary of the State Denise Merrill are reminding businesses of the dangers posed by so-called “government imposter” scams, and the steps businesses can take to protect themselves.

• 7/29/2020 AG Tong Secures Refunds and Assistance for Passion Play Tour

  Attorney General William Tong announced he has reached an agreement with NAWAS International Travel to provide refunds and rescheduled bookings for hundreds of consumers who had booked trips to view the 2020 Passion Play in Germany.

• 7/29/2020 Attorney General Tong Announces Court Victory for Connecticut Air Quality

  Attorney General William Tong announced the U.S. District Court in New York has granted the request of Connecticut and other nearby states in ordering the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to hold upwind states accountable for cross-state air pollution in compliance with the Clean Air Act.

• 7/28/2020 AG Tong Calls For Immediate Withdrawal of Directive that Strips CDC Control Over Coronavirus Data

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a multistate effort urging the Trump Administration to immediately withdraw its new reporting structure that prohibits hospitals from reporting COVID-19 data to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and instead creates a system controlled solely by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS).

• 7/27/2020 Attorney General Tong Response to Legislator Request

  Attorney General William Tong released a response to Senator Leonard A. Fasano’s request dated July 24, 2020.

• 7/24/2020 AG Tong Sues to Protect Full and Fair Census Count

  Attorney General William Tong today sued President Donald Trump seeking to block his unconstitutional executive order excluding undocumented immigrants from the census. The order would illegally erase millions of people from the apportionment base used to determine the number of members each state receives in the U.S. House of Representatives.

• 7/23/2020 AG Tong Announces Settlement with Recovery Network of Programs Over Drug Testing Overbilling

  Attorney General William Tong, U.S. Attorney John H. Durham, and Department of Social Services Commissioner Deidre S. Gifford today announced a $354,368 joint federal/state settlement with the Recovery Network of Programs (RNP) resolving overbilling for drug testing.

• 7/22/2020 AG Tong Calls on Trump Administration to Abandon Rules Restricting Student Access to CARES Act Funds

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 18 attorneys general from around the nation in urging the U.S Department of Education (DoE) to abandon a proposed rule that severely restricts the use of federal funds earmarked for students suffering from the devastating economic impact of COVID-19.

• 7/21/2020 Attorney General Tong Sues EPA to Protect Clean Water Act Oversight

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general in filing a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) final rule unlawfully curtailing state authority under Section 401 of the Clean Water Act.

• 7/21/2020 AG Tong Sues EPA Over New Rule Undermining Mercury and Air Toxics Standards

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 25 states, cities and counties in suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over its rule reversing the agency’s determination — first made nearly 20 years ago — that it is “appropriate and necessary” under the Clean Air Act to regulate mercury and other toxic air pollution from coal- and oil-fired power plants.