2023 Press Releases

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• 7/5/2023 Attorney General Tong Defends Efforts to Protect Transgender Students' Privacy

  Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 16 state attorneys general in an amicus brief supporting schools’ ability to protect the privacy of transgender students who have shared their identity with school staff.

• 8/1/2023 Attorney General Tong Joins Coalition in Calling for Broader, More Robust Federal Strategy to Fight Plastic Pollution Crisis

  Attorney General William Tong today announced joining a coalition of 14 attorneys general in urging the Biden administration to adopt a more comprehensive strategy to combat the plastic pollution crisis.

• 2/1/2023 Attorney General Tong Submits Testimony Regarding Ban on Flavored Tobacco

  Attorney General William Tong today submitted testimony concerning House Bill 6488, An Act Concerning Cigarettes, Tobacco Products, Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems And Vapor Products.

• 9/27/2023 Attorney General Tong Statement on Second Circuit Win Affirming Connecticut Case Against ExxonMobil Belongs in State Court

  Attorney General William Tong released a statement following a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirming that Connecticut’s case against ExxonMobil belongs in Connecticut state court.

• 3/23/2023 Attorney General Tong Statement on Waterbury Mayor Neil O'Leary Decision Not to Seek Re-Election

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement regarding Waterbury Mayor Neil O’Leary’s decision not to seek re-election.

• 1/13/2023 Attorney General Tong Joins Coalition in Support of Biden Administration's Student Debt Cancellation Plan

  Attorney General William Tong has joined a national coalition of attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in support of the federal government in two cases before the U.S. Supreme Court concerning the Biden Administration’s targeted cancellation of student loan debt to address the continuing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

• 3/7/2023 Attorney General Tong Sues Four Ghost Gun Dealers for Illegal Sales in Connecticut

  Attorney General William Tong today sued four out-of-state firearm dealers selling and advertising illegal, untraceable “ghost gun” parts in Connecticut.

• 3/29/2023 Attorney General Tong Congratulates Matthew Larock, Walter Menjivar, Charlene Spencer on Nominations to Connecticut Superior Court Bench, Family Court

  Attorney General William Tong congratulated Deputy Associate Attorney General Matthew Larock and Assistant Attorney General Water A. Menjivar on their nominations today to the Connecticut Superior Court bench, as well as Assistant Attorney General Charlene W. Spencer on her nomination to serve as a Family Court Magistrate.

• 4/3/2023 Attorney General Tong Calls for End to Blood Donation Policy That Stigmatizes LGBTQ Individuals

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a 22-state coalition in support of the Biden Administration's new proposed policy that would make it easier for the LGBTQ population to donate blood and plasma.

• 4/24/2023 Attorney General Tong Statement on Supreme Court Cert Denial in Suncor Energy v. Boulder

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court denied certiorari in Suncor Energy v. Boulder and several similar cases involving state law claims against energy companies and their role in exacerbating climate change.

• 2/16/2023 Attorney General Tong Responds to PURA's Draft Decision Rejecting Aquarion's Requested $36 Million Rate Hike

  Attorney General William Tong responded today to a draft decision by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) rejecting Eversource-owned Aquarion’s $36 million rate hike.

• 3/15/2023 Attorney General Tong Praises PURA Final Decision Rejecting Aquarion's Requested $36 Million Rate Hike

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement praising a final decision by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) rejecting Eversource-owned Aquarion’s $36 million rate hike.

• 9/8/2023 Attorney General Tong Statement on Connecticut Insurance Department Approval of Health Insurance Rate Hikes

  Attorney General William Tong today released the following statement regarding increases approved by the Connecticut Insurance Department to individual and small group health insurance plans covering 188,000 people.

• 4/13/2023 Attorney General Tong Statement on Federal Court Order Protecting Medication Abortion in Connecticut

  Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement following the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington’s new order reiterating that the injunction protecting access to mifepristone in Connecticut and 17 other states remains in full force notwithstanding recent orders by courts in Texas.

• 7/31/2023 Attorney General Tong Joins Bipartisan Coalition Urging Congress to Pass GI Bill Restoration Act, Grant Benefits to Black World War II Veterans and Their Families

  Attorney General William Tong has joined a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general nationwide calling on Congress to support federal legislation which would extend benefits to Black World War II veterans their families.