Mississippi State Executive - Attorney General
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Recent News About Mississippi State Executive - Attorney General
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AG Fitch Welcomes Seventh MS College as One PillCan Kill Partner
Attorney General Lynn Fitch welcomed Northwest Mississippi Community College as the latest partner to join One Pill Can Kill, her public awareness campaign to educate, support, and empower Mississippians with information on the dangers of fentanyl, how to identify it,and what to do if a student or friend is overdosing. -
Fitch Announces Nearly $3.9 Million Awarded toOrganizations Helping Human Trafficking Victims
Attorney General Lynn Fitch announced distribution of nearly $3.9 million from the Victims of Human Trafficking and Commercial Sexual Exploitation Fund to thirteen organizations that helphuman trafficking victims become survivors. -
Statement on Officer-Involved Shootings
Office of the Attorney General announced it has completed the review of four incidents involving officer-involved shootings. -
AG Fitch Unveils Legislative Agenda for 2025 Session
Attorney General Lynn Fitch shared her five-part agenda for the 2025 Legislative Session, which includes bills to empower Mississippi families, secure our communities, advance election integrity,safeguard children’s health, and protect public funds. -
AG Fitch Delivers Testimony at Senate Appropriations Subcommittee Hearing
Attorney General Lynn Fitch delivered the following testimony during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on the Judiciary and Public Safety hearing where she discussed the Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Request for the Attorney General’s Office -
AG Fitch Delivers Emergency Overdose Boxes AcrossJackson Metro Area
Attorney General Lynn Fitch delivered Emergency Overdose Boxes to partners across the Jackson Metro area as partof her One Pill Can Kill campaign, a public awareness initiative to educate,support, and empower Mississippians with information on the dangers offentanyl, how to identify it, and what to do if someone is overdosing. -
AG Fitch Warns Consumers to Beware of Holiday Scams
Attorney General Lynn Fitch warned Mississippians to be aware of unsolicited “missed delivery” notification scamsas they increase this holiday season.“ -
AG Fitch Urges the U.S. Senate to Confirm Pam Bondias United States Attorney General
Attorney General Lynn Fitch joined a coalition of 30 current and future state attorneys general in urging the United States Senate toswiftly confirm Pam Bondi as the 87th United States Attorney General. -
AG Fitch, Boy Scouts, and MS Bureau of NarcoticsHost 3rd Annual Scout Out Opioids
Attorney General Lynn Fitch, incollaboration with the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics (MBN) and the Andrew Jackson Council of the Boy Scouts of America, hosted Scout Out Opioids, aprogram to raise awareness with Scouts and their families of the dangers of opioids and offer techniques for reducing opioid abuse and misuse for themand their loved ones. -
AG Fitch, Farm Bureau, and Chamber of CommerceSecure Injunction of UnconstitutionalBiden-Harris H-2A Rule
Attorney General Lynn Fitch applauded anorder of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, haltingnationwide enforcement of a rule amending H-2A visa program regulationsthat would have brought labor unions onto American farms and ranches. -
AG Fitch Announces 4 Arrests in Recent Fentanyl Strike Force Operation
Attorney General Lynn Fitch announced the completion of an operation conducted by the Attorney General’s Fentanyl Strike Force on November 21, 2024, which resulted in four arrests in DeSoto County related to the sale of a controlled substance and possession of acontrolled substance. -
AG Fitch Calls on the FCC to Strengthen VettingProcess to Block Robocallers
Attorney General Lynn Fitch and a bipartisan coalition of 46 attorneys general called on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to improve their Robocall Mitigation Database (RMD) and close what has effectively been an unmonitored loophole that bad actors exploit to access the U.S. telephone network. -
AG Fitch Files Brief in Support of First Amendment
Attorney General Lynn Fitch filed an amicus brief at the U.S. Supreme Court, along with 17 other attorneys general, toprotect students’ First Amendment free speech rights. The brief from theattorneys general asks the Supreme Court to hear L.M. v. Town of Middleborough, Massachusetts. -
AG Fitch Announces Finalization of Opioid Settlementwith Kroger
Attorney General Fitch joined a coalition of overthirty state attorneys general announcing the completion of settlementagreements with Kroger, addressing the grocery chain’s role in the opioid crisis.Mississippi will receive up to $10,625,387 out of a $1.37-billion settlement,with payments anticipated to begin early next year. -
AG Fitch Announces Agreements with Generic Drug Manufacturers
Attorney General Fitch joined a coalition of50 states and territories announcing two significant cooperation agreementsand settlements with Heritage Pharmaceuticals and Apotex totaling $49.1 million to resolve allegations that both companies engaged in widespread,long-running conspiracies to artificially inflate and manipulate prices, reducecompetition, and unreasonably restrain trade with regard to numerous genericprescription drugs. -
AG Fitch Praises Supreme Court Decision AllowingVirginia to Remove Noncitizens from Voter Rolls
On Monday, Attorney General Fitch joined attorneys general from 25 states in filing an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Courtto allow Virginia to remove noncitizens from its voter rolls. -
AG Fitch Issues Warning to Company Transmitting Robocalls
Attorney General Lynn Fitch sent a letter to iDentidad Advertising Development LLC, also known as iDentidad Telecom,warning the company that it is transmitting suspected illegal robocall trafficand should stop immediately or face legal consequences. -
AG Fitch Announces Recent Child Exploitation Sentencing
Attorney General Lynn Fitch announced therecent sentencing of Jimmie Ray Fields of Lucedale, Mississippi. -
AG Fitch Delivers Testimony at Senate Study Group onWomen, Children, and Families
Attorney General Lynn Fitch delivered the following testimony during the Senate Study Group on Women, Children, and Familieshearing where she discussed her Empowerment Project and gave a preview of her legislative priorities in the 2025 Session. -
AG Fitch Celebrates First Anniversary of MAMA
Attorney General Lynn Fitch celebrated the first anniversary of Mississippi Access to Maternal Assistance (MAMA), a free website and mobile app that connects pregnant women and mothers to private,public and faith-based resources available across the state.