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Nevada AG Aaron Ford: Attorney General Ford Sues HHS, Sec. Kennedy to Overturn Public Health Grant Cuts
Published: April 24, 2025CARSON CITY — Today, Attorney General Aaron D. Ford joined a coalition of 23 states and the District of Columbia in filing a lawsuitRequest Document Remediation - lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., for abruptly and illegally terminating nearly $12 billion in critical public health grants to the states. If this funding were terminated, local public health authorities and the Nevada State Public Health Laboratory would lose a total of $35 million. In addition, this funding cut would impact the Renown Crisis Stabilization Center in Northern Nevada, as well as other nonprofit and university partners.
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New York AG Letitia James: Attorney General James Announces 638 Guns Turned in at Syracuse Gun Buyback
Published: April 24, 2025NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced that 638 firearms were turned in at a community gun buyback event in Syracuse hosted by the Office of the Attorney General (OAG), the New York State Police, and the Syracuse Police Department. This event was part of Attorney General James’ ongoing effort to combat gun violence and keep New Yorkers safe. To date, Attorney General James has removed more than 9,000 guns from New York state since taking office in 2019.
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Vermont AG Charity Clark: Attorney General Clark Co-Leads 39 States and Territories Asking Congress to Prohibit Pharmacy Benefit Managers from Owning or Operating Pharmacies
Published: April 24, 2025VERMONT - Attorney General Charity Clark today led, along with Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin, Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell, and Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey, a coalition of 39 state and territory attorneys general in formally urging congressional leadership to pass an act that would prohibit pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) from owning or operating pharmacies.
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New Jersey AG Matthew Platkin: Attorney General Platkin Co-Leads Multistate Effort to Protect Affordable Care Act From Attack
Published: April 24, 2025TRENTON – Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin, along with the Attorneys General of California and Massachusetts, co-led a multistate letter regarding a raft of proposed changes that would undermine the Affordable Care Act (ACA), making it more difficult and expensive for individuals to enroll in health coverage on federal and state exchanges.
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California AG Rob Bonta: Amid Growing Social Security Disruption Concerns, Attorney General Bonta Launches New Complaint Page
Published: April 24, 2025OAKLAND — California Attorney General Bonta today announced the launch of a new webpage to allow Californians to report any disruptions they’ve experienced to their Social Security benefits.
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Washington AG Nick Brown: Attorney General’s Office sues Seattle Public Schools over illegal treatment of pregnant and nursing employees
Published: April 24, 2025SEATTLE – The Washington state Attorney General’s Office today filed a civil rights lawsuit against Seattle Public Schools, alleging repeated failures to provide reasonable accommodations to pregnant and nursing employees as required by state law.
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Connecticut AG William Tong: Attorney General Tong Leads Brief to Defend Social Security from Erratic and Unlawful Mismanagement
Published: April 24, 2025HARTFORD – Attorney General William Tong led a coalition of 20 states filing an amicus brief supporting an injunction to block erratic and unlawful layoffs and mismanagement at the Social Security Administration by acting administrator Leland Dudek and the Department of Government Efficiency that jeopardize continued payments for millions of Americans.
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Illinois AG Kwame Raoul: Attorney General Raoul leads coalition urging court to block Tennessee law criminalizing assistance to youth for out of state abortion care
Published: April 21, 2025CHICAGO – Attorney General Kwame Raoul today led a coalition of 20 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit in a lawsuit challenging a restrictive Tennessee law making it a crime for adults to help minors seek reproductive health care outside of Tennessee due to that state’s near-total abortion ban.
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New Jersey AG Matt Platkin: Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin Co-Leads Coalition Supporting Challenges to Unconstitutional Executive Orders That Unlawfully Target Lawyers and Law Firms
Published: April 21, 2025TRENTON — New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin is co-leading a coalition of 21 attorneys general today in filing amicus briefs supporting two law firms, Jenner & Block LLP and Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Door LLP, that have filed lawsuits challenging unconstitutional executive orders imposing severe sanctions on the firms in retaliation for their work on causes disfavored by the Trump Administration.
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Massachusetts AG Andrea Campbell: AG Campbell Distributes $1 Million For New Public Health Models For Gun Violence Prevention Grant Program
Published: April 21, 2025BOSTON — As part of her ongoing efforts to bolster community-based gun violence prevention work and recognize gun violence as a public health concern, Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell has awarded approximately $1 million to ten organizations through the office's Public Health Models for Gun Violence Prevention Grant.
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