North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson said he would continue the lawsuit against Pactiv Evergreen which alleges the company broke a $12 million JMAC agreement.

Former U.S. Representative Dan Bishop has quietly ended his defamation case against Jeff Jackson’s campaign for attorney general, shortly before its first day in court.

North Carolina's new Attorney General, Jeff Jackson, visited Canton on Thursday to pressure Pactiv Evergreen to pay up and return millions of dollars owed.

During a visit to Canton, Jackson renewed the state’s demand that the former mill owner repay the $12 million in economic incentives it received.

In his first major action as North Carolina Attorney General, Jeff Jackson has sued six large property management companies, accusing them of conspiring to keep rent prices above market rates.

An amended complaint names six landlords as defendants in ongoing litigation that North Carolina and several other states, along with the federal government, began in August.

North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson is suing six landlords, accusing them of illegally collaborating with the software company RealPage to inflate rent

Officials say the law is active under both the winter weather state of emergency and the Hurricane Helene state of emergency.

The companies being sued own or manage 70,000 units in North Carolina, including one-third of the apartments in the state's most populous cities.

While businesses sometimes raise prices to offset increased costs during critical incidents, unreasonable price hikes aimed at profiting from emergencies are unlawful.

Attorney General Jeff Jackson has sued six landlords for illegally working together to raise North Carolinians’ rents.

State Attorney General Jeff Jackson visited Canton on Thursday ... the importance his office places on the needs of Western North Carolina. “This is one of the first things that I’m doing ...