Contact: Christopher Curtis, Chief Public Protection Division, 802-828-3171 Attorney General T.J. Donovan urged the U.S. Senate to enact the Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence (TRACED) Act, legislation to curb illegal robocalls and spoofing. A coalition of 54 attorneys general sent a letter to the U. S. Senate Committee on

Contact: Charity Clark, Chief of Staff, 802-828-3171 With extreme cold hitting Vermont, Attorney General T.J. Donovan is warning that older adults and those with chronic medical conditions are especially susceptible to hypothermia. Hypothermia is a dangerous drop in core body temperature. It caused 16 deaths in Vermont last year. The Attorney General’s

Contact: Clayton Clark, Director of the Division of Licensing and Protection Department of Disabilities, Aging and Independent Living, 802-241-0345   A Vermont court has ruled that a “receiver” is needed to run the Pillsbury residential care homes in South Burlington and St. Albans. On Friday, January 25th, the court ruled that the current

Contract: Charity R. Clark, Chief of Staff, 802-828-3171 Vermonters filed 5,471 scam reports with the Attorney General’s Consumer Assistance Program (CAP) in 2018 according to the Attorney General’s list of top 10 most commonly reported scams of the year. This amounts to a 4.55% increase in scams from 2017. As new scams emerged, old scams …

CONTACT:    Chris Curtis, Chief, Public Protection Division, 802-828-3171 The Attorney General’s Office and the Secretary of State’s Office announced a series of joint public meetings to hear feedback and ideas from the public on the home improvement industry. In January 2018, the Secretary of State’s Office of Professional Regulation produced a

Contact: Clayton Clark, Director of the Division of Licensing and Protection Department of Disabilities, Aging and Independent Living 802-241-0345 MONTPELIER, Vt.– The Attorney General’s Office (AGO), on behalf of the Vermont Department of Disabilities, Aging and Independent Living (DAIL), has entered into a stipulation that will allow temporary

Contact: Clayton Clark, Director of the Division of Licensing and Protection Department of Disabilities, Aging and Independent Living 802-241-0345 MONTPELIER, Vt., Nov. 9, 2018 – Washington County Superior Court has assigned a temporary receiver to take over management of three Vermont residential care homes. The temporary receiver was put in place after