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AG Urges Rejection of Water Price Hike

ATTORNEY GENERAL TONG URGES REJECTION OF $25 MILLION RATE HIKE FOR CONNECTICUT WATER CUSTOMERS (Hartford, CT) – Attorney General William Tong today filed a brief with the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority urging rejection of an unjustified and unaffordable $25 million rate hike request from the Connecticut Water Company. If approved, the request would raise rates by more than 18 percent, or approximately $156 per year for the average customers. CT Water serves 108,000 water customers in 60 communities across Connecticut, plus 3,000 wastewater customers in Southbury. “Connecticut families pay far too much for their utilities as it is, and we cannot afford unjustified double-digit increases. We combed through every page of CT Water’s application, and we found $19 million in…

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AG SECURES $2.7 MILLION IN SUIT AROUND CUSTOMER DATA

Oct 18, 2026 Alex

ATTORNEY GENERAL TONG AND ATTORNEY GENERAL JAMES SECURE $2.7 MILLION FROM PEDIATRIC HEALTH NETWORK AND IT COMPANY FOR FAILING TO PROTECT CUSTOMER DATA Boston Children’s Health Physicians and XTIUM Failed to Protect Personal Information for 62,871 Connecticut Residents and Approximately 825,000 New Yorkers (Hartford, CT) – Connecticut Attorney General William Tong and New York Attorney General Letitia James today secured $2.7 million from Boston Children’s Health Physicians (BCHP), a New York-based pediatric health network, and XTIUM, an IT management company that provided network security services to BCHP, for failing to protect the private information of hundreds of thousands of Connecticut and New York residents. In August 2024, XTIUM suffered a breach that allowed hackers to access 18 of its clients’…

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BIPARTISAN S.O.S. CONGRESS ON UNCHECKED AI DEVELOPMENT

Sep 26, 2026 Alex

ATTORNEY GENERAL TONG JOINS BIPARTISAN S.O.S. TO CONGRESS ON UNCHECKED AI DEVELOPMENT (Hartford, CT) – Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 25 attorneys general in an urgent, bipartisan S.O.S. to Congress, calling for immediate action to regulate artificial intelligence (AI). In a letter sent to Speaker Mike Johnson, Majority Leader John Thune, Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, Attorney General Tong and the coalition warn that reports of recent incidents demonstrate that unchecked AI development endangers Americans and threatens our financial system, critical infrastructure, and national security. The coalition urges Congress to quickly pass substantive legislation to regulate the AI industry to ensure that development occurs at an intentional pace, incorporates safety and transparency…

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Connecticut Leaders Critique Trump on Carbon Rollback

Sep 20, 2026 Alex

GOVERNOR LAMONT, ATTORNEY GENERAL TONG, ACTING COMMISSIONER CIMINO CRITICIZE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION REPEAL OF CARBON POLLUTION STANDARDS FOR POWER PLANTS (HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Ned Lamont, Attorney General William Tong, and Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Acting Commissioner Emma Cimino are criticizing the Trump administration’s announcement today that it finalized its repeal of carbon pollution standards for power plants. First proposed last summer, this rollback by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will eliminate federal greenhouse gas standards for existing coal and new gas generation. The decision will leave hundreds of millions of Americans exposed to carbon emissions from fossil fuel-fired power plants—leading to higher costs, dirtier air, and worse health outcomes. The final repeal is being announced alongside a…

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AG Tong Blocks Trump Administration Cuts to AmeriCorps

Sep 12, 2026 Alex

(Hartford, CT) – Attorney General William Tong as part of a coalition of 23 attorneys general and two governors today announced an agreement to stop the Trump administration from dismantling AmeriCorps again without warning. The settlement resolves a multistate lawsuit brought in response to the administration’s repeated attempts to gut the nation’s volunteer service programs. Previously, as a result of the lawsuit, the Trump administration was forced to reinstate nearly $400 million in terminated AmeriCorps programs and agreed to release over $184 million in funds to service programs in Connecticut and across the country. This settlement protects the funding and participants of those programs for Fiscal Year 2026 as well. “Gutting AmeriCorps was a shortsighted, irrational attack on communities across…

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AG Tong Opposes Double-Digit Health Rate Hikes

Aug 29, 2026 Alex

ATTORNEY GENERAL TONG URGES CONNECTICUT INSURANCE DEPARTMENT TO REJECT DOUBLE-DIGIT HEALTH INSURANCE RATE HIKE REQUESTS (Hartford, CT) – In a letter today to Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Josh Hershman, Attorney General William Tong urged the rejection of double-digit rate hikes sought by Anthem, ConnectiCare and UnitedHealthcare for individual and small group plans covering approximately 220,000 people across Connecticut. The Connecticut Insurance Department will hold a public information session on the rate requests beginning at 9 a.m. on Wednesday August 26 at the Legislative Office Building. “These insurers are, once again, requesting rate increases that exceed other inflationary and general economic growth measures. To put it bluntly: never-ending insurance rate increases reflect a broken system that does not deliver affordable healthcare for…

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CT Attorney General Tong Announces $17.1B Settlement

Aug 26, 2026 Alex

ATTORNEY GENERAL TONG ANNOUNCES $17.1 BILLION SETTLEMENT WITH META, FORCES SWEEPING CHILD-SAFETY REFORMS ON INSTAGRAM AND FACEBOOK Largest State Settlement with Single Defendant in History Connecticut to Receive up to $265.4 Million (Hartford, CT) — Attorney General William Tong today announced a landmark $17.1 billion multistate settlement with Meta Platforms, Inc. that will enforce sweeping new safety reforms to protect American children on Instagram and Facebook. The agreement resolves claims by 51 attorneys general that the company designed Instagram with addictive features, knowingly exposed young users to serious mental harms, and intentionally misled the public about the safety of its platforms, among other things. This settlement is a monumental victory for the protection of America’s children and will fundamentally transform…

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GOVERNOR LAMONT SIGNS LEGISLATION STRENGTHENING THE ABILITY TO PROSECUTE HATE CRIMES

Jun 13, 2026 Alex

(HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he has signed legislation into law that will improve the ability of police and prosecutors to charge criminals with hate crimes and seek their associated enhanced penalties. “Connecticut proudly led the nation in the adoption of hate crimes laws, but after three decades of expanded statutes, we needed to streamline our laws in order for them to be effective for police and prosecutors,” Governor Lamont said. “Our decision to consolidate our existing hate crime statutes into one law reflects feedback we received many criminal justice and legal experts. Hate crimes are on the rise nationwide, and many communities feel that the federal government is emboldening hate speech and discrimination against them.…

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GOVERNOR LAMONT ANNOUNCES ADDITIONAL 97,000 CONNECTICUT RESIDENTS TO HAVE MEDICAL DEBT ERASED

Jun 2, 2026 Alex

Letters Being Mailed This Week Under Fourth Round of the Lamont Administration’s Medical Debt Erasure Initiative (HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Ned Lamont today announced that more than 97,000 Connecticut residents can anticipate receiving letters in the mail starting the week of June 1, 2026, informing them that some or all of their medical debt has been erased under an initiative the Lamont administration launched in partnership with the national nonprofit organization Undue Medical Debt to give relief to qualifying residents who are having difficulties paying outstanding medical bills. This fourth round of the initiative is eliminating nearly $315 million in medical debt. In total, more than 252,000 Connecticut residents who’ve been struggling with medical bills have had more than $513 million in medical debt…

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GOVERNOR LAMONT SIGNS FY 2027 STATE BUDGET, DELIVERING A RELIABLE PATH FORWARD FOR SCHOOLS AND MUNICIPALITIES AND INCREASING AFFORDABILITY INITIATIVES

May 31, 2026 Alex

(HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he has signed into law the fiscal year 2027 budget adjustment bill (Public Act 26-68), which his administration developed in collaboration with legislative leaders and was overwhelmingly approved on a bipartisan basis by the members of the Connecticut General Assembly. Most notably, the budget includes an historic increase in state funding for every school district and municipality statewide with the goal of helping towns and cities deliver essential services, while also working to stabilize and lower property taxes. It also includes a major investment into the state’s Early Childhood Education Endowment to continue Governor Lamont’s landmark expansion of early childhood education programs, continuing the state on the path forward toward providing…

AG Urges Rejection of Water Price Hike

AG SECURES $2.7 MILLION IN SUIT AROUND CUSTOMER DATA

BIPARTISAN S.O.S. CONGRESS ON UNCHECKED AI DEVELOPMENT

Connecticut Leaders Critique Trump on Carbon Rollback

AG Tong Blocks Trump Administration Cuts to AmeriCorps

AG Tong Opposes Double-Digit Health Rate Hikes

GOVERNOR LAMONT SIGNS LEGISLATION STRENGTHENING THE ABILITY TO PROSECUTE HATE CRIMES

GOVERNOR LAMONT ANNOUNCES ADDITIONAL 97,000 CONNECTICUT RESIDENTS TO HAVE MEDICAL DEBT ERASED

GOVERNOR LAMONT SIGNS FY 2027 STATE BUDGET, DELIVERING A RELIABLE PATH FORWARD FOR SCHOOLS AND MUNICIPALITIES AND INCREASING AFFORDABILITY INITIATIVES

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