2025 Press Releases
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11/3/2025
Attorney General Tong Sues U.S. Department of Education to Block Public Service Loan Forgiveness Restrictions
Attorney General William Tong and 21 other attorneys general today filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education (ED) for unlawfully restricting eligibility for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program, which allows government and nonprofit employees to have their federal student loans forgiven after ten years of service.
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8/19/2025
Attorney General Tong Seeks Court Order Blocking Trump Administration’s Attempt to Bully States into Sharing the Private Data of SNAP Participants
Attorney General William Tong yesterday asked a court to block the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) from attempting to force states to turn over the personal and sensitive information about millions of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients while litigation over the legality of the demand continues.
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11/26/2025
Attorney General Tong Calls on Shopify to Crack Down on E-Cigarette Sales
Attorney General William Tong joined a bipartisan coalition of 25 attorneys general and the City of New York in sending a letter to Shopify Inc., urging the company to take stronger action against merchants using the platform to sell illegal tobacco products, particularly e-cigarettes.
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9/17/2025
Attorney General Tong Files for Preliminary Injunction to Immediately Halt Revolution Wind Stop Work Order
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong and Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha announced they are seeking a preliminary injunction to immediately block the baseless stop work order abruptly issued on August 22 halting construction of Revolution Wind.
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8/28/2025
Attorney General Tong Cautions College Students and Job Seekers to Beware of Job Recruitment Scams
As college students return to campus, Attorney General William Tong is urging students to beware of job recruitment scams targeting young job seekers.
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11/6/2025
Attorney General Tong Enters into Settlement in First Action Under Connecticut's Student Data Privacy Law
Attorney General William Tong along with California Attorney General Rob Bonta and New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced that they have secured a total of $5.1 million from educational technology company Illuminate Education, Inc. (“Illuminate”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Renaissance Learning, Inc., for failing to protect students’ data.
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11/25/2025
Attorney General Tong Pushes Back on Potential State AI Law Ban
Today, Attorney General William Tong and a bipartisan coalition of 30 attorneys general wrote to Congress to oppose efforts to ban state laws that address artificial intelligence.
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11/13/2025
Attorney General Tong Opposes Trump Administration's Efforts to Dramatically Expand Expedited Deportations Without Due Process
Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 19 attorneys general in opposing the Trump Administration’s legally flawed effort to dramatically expand “expedited removal” into the interior of the United States and put untold numbers of Americans at risk for unlawful detention and deportation without due process.
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11/7/2025
Attorney General Tong Opposes Latest Trump Attempt to Withhold Full SNAP Benefits
Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 26 states opposing the Trump Administration’s request to block a court order to deliver full Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits to the millions of Americans relying on them.
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8/21/2025
Attorney General Tong Petitions the FDA to Remove Burdensome Restrictions on Mifepristone
Attorney General William Tong, 16 other attorneys general and the governor of Pennsylvania this week petitioned the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to remove burdensome restrictions on mifepristone, one of two drugs used in medication abortions, the most common means of abortion in the United States.
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8/29/2025
Attorney General Tong Notifies Court of Unlawful Revolution Wind Stop Work Order
Attorney General William Tong on Thursday night formally notified the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts of the stop work order halting the Revolution Wind project and the severe harm to Connecticut ratepayers, grid reliability, and jobs caused by stopping this fully-permitted and nearly complete project.
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12/22/2025
Attorney General Tong Leads Opposition to Trump Rollbacks of PFAS Regulations
Attorney General William Tong today led a coalition of 15 attorneys general opposing the Trump Administration’s efforts to gut data reporting and recording keeping requirements for PFAS forever chemicals.
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12/16/2025
Attorney General Tong Leads Multistate Settlement with Hyundai and Kia for their Sales of Vehicles Lacking Industry-Standard Anti-Theft Technology
Attorney General William Tong today led a coalition of 35 other attorneys general announcing a settlement with automobile manufacturers Hyundai and Kia for their sale of millions of vehicles nationwide that lacked industry-standard, anti-theft technology.
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10/20/2025
Attorney General Tong Leads Brief Fighting Unlawful Defunding of Planned Parenthood
Attorney General William Tong, along with California Attorney General Rob Bonta and New York Attorney General Letitia James, today led a coalition of 21 attorneys general filing an amicus brief in the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit supporting Planned Parenthood in its challenge to the Trump Administration’s unlawful efforts to defund its health centers.
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8/15/2025
Attorney General Tong Leads Bipartisan Letter to CDC and HHS in Support of National Youth Tobacco Survey
Attorney General William Tong today led a bipartisan coalition of 22 states in submitting a comment letter to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Department of Health and Human Services supporting continuation of the National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS).
