2025 Press Releases

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• 5/8/2025 Attorney General Tong Statement Following Unanimous House Approval of Legislation to Increase Penalties for Reckless Driving

  ttorney General William Tong released a statement following a unanimous vote in the House of Representatives to advance legislation to increase penalties for reckless driving.

• 5/8/2025 Attorney General Tong Joins Whistleblower Suit Against CVS Pharmacy for Overbilling Medicaid for Prescriptions

  Attorney General William Tong announced today that Connecticut has joined a whistleblower suit and filed a complaint in intervention against CVS Pharmacy, Inc. alleging the pharmacy fraudulently overbilled state Medicaid programs for prescription drugs dispensed at its retail pharmacies.

• 5/7/2025 Attorney General Tong Wins Court Order Protecting Federal Agencies Supporting Libraries, Museums, Minority-Owned Businesses, and Workers

  Attorney General William Tong this week won a court order stopping the Trump administration from dismantling three federal agencies that provide services and funding supporting public libraries and museums, workers, and minority-owned businesses nationwide.

• 5/7/2025 Attorney General Tong Seeks Court Order to Stop the Trump Administration's Illegal Tariffs

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of attorneys general in filing a motion for a preliminary injunction to halt implementation of President Trump’s illegal tariffs.

• 5/6/2025 Attorney General Tong Files Motion for Preliminary Injunction to Halt Implementation of President Trump's Unlawful Elections Executive Order

  Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 19 attorneys general in filing a motion for a preliminary injunction to block the Trump Administration from implementing Executive Order No. 14248 (Executive Order), an unconstitutional, antidemocratic, and un-American attempt to impose sweeping voting restrictions across the country.

• 5/5/2025 Attorney General Tong Statement in Strong Support of Striking Pratt & Whitney Workers

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement in support of striking Pratt & Whitney machinists.

• 5/5/2025 Attorney General Tong Sues Trump Administration for Halting Development of Wind Energy

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 19 attorneys general in filing a lawsuit against the Trump Administration over its unlawful attempt to freeze the development of wind energy.

• 5/5/2025 Attorney General Tong Sues to Stop Dismantling of Health and Human Services Department

  Attorney General William Tong today joined 20 attorneys general in filing a lawsuit against Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and other Trump administration officials to stop the dismantling of HHS.

• 5/1/2025 Attorney General Tong Urges Trump Administration to Restore Title X Funding

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general in sending a letter to the Trump Administration to express serious concern with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) decision to withhold tens of millions of dollars in Title X funding.

• 5/1/2025 Attorney General Tong Secures $4.93 Million Judgment Against Planet Zaza of East Haven After Persistent Illegal Cannabis Sales

  Attorney General William Tong announced today he has secured a $4.93 million judgment against Planet Zaza of East Haven and its owner, Mohamed Alraishani in his personal capacity, following persistent illegal cannabis sales in spite of a court order and repeated law enforcement visits. This is the largest civil penalty ever imposed in Connecticut for illegal cannabis sales, underscoring the egregious nature of Planet Zaza’s misconduct.

• 4/30/2025 Attorney General Tong Joins Open Letter to Legal Community Regarding Law Firm Capitulations to Trump’s Unconstitutional Threats Against Lawyers

  Attorney General William Tong joined an open letter to the legal community that expresses support for law firms that have fought back against President Trump’s unconstitutional attempts to target law firms for advocacy the Trump Administration disfavors, and that expresses the coalition’s profound disappointment that several of the country’s largest law firms have capitulated in the face of these dangerous attacks on the rule of law.

• 4/29/2025 Attorney General Tong to Sue Trump Administration to Stop Dismantling of AmeriCorps

  Attorney General William Tong, as part of a multistate coalition, announced he will file a lawsuit today challenging the Trump Administration’s termination of AmeriCorps grants and the dismantling of the agency through an 85 percent reduction of its workforce, effectively ending the agency’s ability to continue administering the programs, operations, and funding that make its important work possible.

• 4/28/2025 Attorney General Tong Issues Formal Opinion 2025-01 on ARPA Funds

• 4/25/2025 Attorney General Tong Joins Coalition Supporting Susman Godfrey, Law Firm Attacked by Unconstitutional Executive Order

  Attorney General William Tong today joined 20 attorneys general in an amicus brief in support of law firm Susman Godfrey, which is challenging an unconstitutional presidential order issued as retribution against the firm for representing clients in the aftermath of the 2020 election and defending the integrity of that election.

• 4/25/2025 Attorney General Tong Sues Trump Administration Over Unlawful Conditions on Funding for K-12 Schools

  Attorney General William Tong today, as part of a coalition of 19 attorneys general, filed a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Department of Education’s threat to withhold federal funding from state and local agencies that refuse to abandon lawful programs and policies that promote equal access to education in K-12 classrooms across the nation.