Jeff Jackson

Dad, Soldier, Attorney General for North Carolina

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What started as a long-shot bet that regular people could govern themselves has become the defining example that they can.

Lots more work to do, and we remain resolved to do it, because after 250 years we're still incredibly fortunate to say:

Happy Independence Day. 🇺🇸

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The whole country gets 53 million eggs, there is also a fine, and they’ll now operate under binding oversight. So it’s more than just our 3m eggs, but that should help roughly 250,000 families in NC.

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We just got three million eggs donated to North Carolina food banks.

Why?

Because three major producers coordinated to inflate egg prices, we caught them, and part of the settlement requires directly helping people with this donation.

They can't rig the market anymore, and thousands of families who need eggs will get them.

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@UnBannedNCian Absolutely, here are a few from last week:

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We just filed a lawsuit to protect health insurance for tens of thousands of the most severely ill North Carolinians.

People with cancer, cystic fibrosis, muscular dystrophy, ALS, hemophilia, and other serious illnesses have legal protection, and we’re going to enforce it.

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This deal is an insult to the people of eastern North Carolina.

Chemours is directly responsible for enormous groundwater contamination, and the EPA just cut a backroom deal that lets them off the hook.

Our state is ground zero for GenX contamination, but under this deal North Carolina would receive practically nothing.

That is unacceptable.

The EPA may not care about water pollution in eastern North Carolina, but I do. My office will keep pressing our state case to hold Chemours accountable for the mess they made.
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I was honored to give the commencement address for BLET Class 93 at Southwestern Community College.

Ten days into training, they lost a classmate. Ryan Ferreira. He was 26.

He was an outstanding individual who was on track to become a Jackson County deputy. His classmates finished their training in his honor.

Ryan’s family was at the graduation, and the class made sure his memory was part of that moment.

Their loss will never be forgotten.

And to all who make the commitment to keep others safe, thank you. We are genuinely grateful for your service.

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Breaking: Duke Energy Carolinas just lowered its proposed residential rate hike from 18% to 11.6%.

That happened after our office objected, along with Public Staff, other intervenors, and many North Carolinians.

It’s a step in the right direction, but it’s still too high.

We’ll keep making our case for lower rates - and for making sure families don’t get stuck paying unfair costs for data centers and other large users.

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“But Jeff, how many people still watch broadcast TV?”

That would be 240 million Americans a week.

That’s why this case is so important.

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Good news:

We won an emergency motion to freeze the biggest TV merger in history - would impact 80% of American homes.

Here’s the story:

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OUTSTANDING

[Carolina Hurricanes @Canes]

NO ONE IS SLEEPING IN RALEIGHWOOD TONIGHT

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Go time.

[SportsCenter @SportsCenter]

Game 6 is in Vegas but the Caniacs are LIT in Carolina 🔥

(via @NHL) | #StanleyCup

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Outstanding win by the Canes. Incredible close by Bussi. Great call putting him back in the net.

One game closer to bringing the Cup back to NC. Let’s go Canes!

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As Attorney General, part of my job is to protect consumers.

That includes your energy bill.

So today, I’m formally opposing Duke’s proposed 15% increase.

Our case is over 700 pages, but here’s the short version:

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There are definitely some kinds of benchmarking that can improve purchasing power over suppliers, but that's not what was happening here.

This was competitors using private pricing data to reduce competition, and you could tell in how the information was presented and used.

These reports didn’t just show costs. They ranked processors against competitors on specific products and showed how much money they were “missing out on” by charging less. Processors then used that to find places to raise prices.

And the executives couldn’t point to any examples where they used the data to lower prices, but there were lots of examples of using it to raise prices.

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There was a secret pipeline of information designed to raise prices on almost all the chicken, pork, and turkey you bought - for years.

We just shut it down:

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When 200 brides called our office in one week, we listened.

Turns out, they were right to be angry.

Here’s the story:

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Breaking: Court just ruled the latest round of tariffs is illegal. Same as the last round.

The last round cost North Carolina $3.5 billion. This round was on track to cost NC families up to $1,300 a year.

The court held the executive branch doesn’t have “inherent authority to impose tariffs during peacetime.” That power belongs to Congress, and Congress didn’t authorize these tariffs.

$1,300 is a lot of money to a family. Keeping that money in their pocket - for gas, groceries, rent, or medicine - makes a real difference.

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EpiPens are a lifeline for families with kids who have severe allergies.

We believe the company that makes them illegally drove the price from $100 to $600 for a pack. We took action, and now we’ve reached an $11m settlement to hold them accountable - and change their conduct going forward.