Attorney General and gubernatorial hopeful Aaron Ford and the Review-Journal held a phone interview to discuss his campaign, litigation against the Trump administration and various policy stances.
Aaron Ford
Ford, a former state senator, took office as attorney general in 2019 and was the first African American to hold a statewide office in Nevada.
Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford argued the new rule, set to take effect next month, would “threaten coverage for more than 100,000 Nevadans.”
The attorney general’s office announced $1.2 billion in settlements from opioid litigation. The funds are going toward youth-centered programs.
Nevada’s Aaron Ford and other Democratic attorneys general filed lawsuits claiming the Trump administration is threatening to withhold funds unless states agree to immigration enforcement actions.
Nevada has sued the Trump administration for cutting the workforce and funding of an independent agency that runs one of the country’s most widely known volunteer program networks.
Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford joined in a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Department of Education’s directive to eliminate DEI programs or lose federal education funding.
Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford joined a lawsuit against Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services over the termination of public health grants.
In his latest legal action against President Donald Trump, Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford joined a lawsuit seeking to stop the mass layoffs of federal employees.
Nevada’s Aaron Ford and other state attorneys general are suing after Elon Musk and Department of Government Efficiency staffers received access to personal data from the Treasury Department.
Nevada alleges in a lawsuit that Kroger pharmacies “flooded” the state with opioids knowing that overprescription was contributing to a growing crisis.
Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford said he will give donation campaign contributions from a California family accused of violating campaign finance law.
A judge will determine whether to ban end-to-end encryption for people under 18. The state says the feature helps child predators. Meta says it protects privacy.
The state of Nevada wants the parent company of Facebook to stop using end-to-end encryption on the Messenger app when it is being used by children.
Republican Sigal Chattah and Libertarian John Kennedy are challenging Aaron Ford’s bid for re-election as Nevada attorney general.