Washington State Office of Attorney General Press Releases

• Published on June 20, 2025 - 20:22 GMT

  El procurador general Brown demanda a un productor de Toppenish por discriminar a trabajadores agrícolas y mujeres de Washington

  SEATTLE – El procurador general Nick Brown presentó hoy una demanda por derechos civiles contra Cornerstone Ranches de Toppenish, y sus filiales, alegando que el productor de lúpulo (jape) y manzana discriminó a trabajadores agrícolas locales y mujeres al …

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• Published on June 18, 2025 - 21:22 GMT

  MMIWP Task Force Releases Annual Report and Two Commissioned Reports

  SEATTLE — The Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and People (MMIWP) Task Force has submitted its third annual report to the Washington state legislature. This year’s report is accompanied by reports commissioned by the Task Force — “Confronting the …

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• Published on June 17, 2025 - 18:00 GMT

  AG Brown applauds judge’s ruling blocking Trump cuts to medical and public health research

  SEATTLE — A federal judge Monday overturned Trump administration directives that defunded National Institutes of Health grants supporting vital biomedical research in America. The judge said the move was “arbitrary and capricious” and called out “a darker …

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• Published on June 16, 2025 - 23:15 GMT

  Washington state will receive up to $105.6 million from national settlement with Purdue Pharma

  SEATTLE – Attorney General Nick Brown today announced that all 55 attorneys general, representing all eligible states and U.S. territories, agreed to sign on to a $7.4 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family. This …

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• Published on June 13, 2025 - 19:49 GMT

  AG Brown sues five apartment complexes and their property management firm for deceiving low-income senior tenants

  SEATTLE - Attorney General Nick Brown today filed a complaint in Snohomish County Superior Court against California-based property management company FPI Management and the owners of five apartment complexes in Western Washington, alleging that they …

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• Published on June 13, 2025 - 18:30 GMT

  Attorneys General from around the country filed amicus in support of Jobs Corps

  SEATTLE — Attorney General Nick Brown today filed an amicus brief with attorneys general from 18 states including Nevada in support of Job Corps, a national program that offers career training and housing to young Americans from low-income backgrounds. Job …

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• Published on June 12, 2025 - 23:12 GMT

  AG Brown joins lawsuit challenging Trump administration attack on California’s Clean Vehicles Program

  SEATTLE - Attorney General Nick Brown today joined coalition of 11 attorneys general in challenging the federal government’s unprecedented and unlawful use of the Congressional Review Act to disapprove California’s waivers for its various clean vehicle …

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• Published on June 12, 2025 - 03:59 GMT

  AG Brown leads 21 states opposing Trump’s military deployment in California

  SEATTLE - Attorney General Nick Brown today filed an amicus brief with leaders from 21 states supporting California’s request for a court order blocking the president’s unlawful federalization and deployment of that state’s National Guard. “The president …

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• Published on June 11, 2025 - 01:04 GMT

  First arrest, charges made in connection to MMIWP cold case work

  SEATTLE - The Attorney General’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and People (MMIWP) Cold Case Unit today announced it has charged its first case since the unit was established in 2023. On May 21, 2025, Attorney General Nick Brown filed second-degree …

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• Published on June 9, 2025 - 18:27 GMT

  WA joins federal suit to prevent Trump administration’s efforts to distribute thousands of machine gun devices

  Seattle - Attorney General Nick Brown today joined a coalition of 15 other attorneys general in suing the Trump administration and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) over its plans to distribute thousands of machinegun …

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• Published on June 8, 2025 - 21:42 GMT

  WA leads multistate amicus opposing Trump’s public safety cuts

  SEATTLE - Washington state filed an amicus brief today decrying the Trump administration’s illegal budget cuts to public safety and in support of plaintiffs seeking to halt them. Building effective public safety systems requires engaging the people who …

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• Published on June 5, 2025 - 22:21 GMT

  Court orders halt to AmeriCorps funding cuts after AGs sue

  SEATTLE — Attorney General Nick Brown and 23 other attorneys general today won a court order that blocks the Trump administration’s attempts to dismantle AmeriCorps, the federal agency for national service and volunteerism.  On April 29, Brown joined a …

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• Published on June 3, 2025 - 22:24 GMT

  WA leads multistate fight to protect youth from conversion ‘therapy’

  SEATTLE — Attorney General Nick Brown today led a multistate coalition in an amicus brief defending a Michigan law that prohibits licensed health professionals from practicing conversion “therapy” on minors. Conversion “therapy,” also called sexual …

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• Published on June 2, 2025 - 20:13 GMT

  WA launches police use-of-force database

  SEATTLE — The Attorney General’s Office announced today the launch of the Washington State Data Exchange for Public Safety (WADEPS), which is ready to collect use-of-force data from the state’s law enforcement agencies in an effort to improve transparency, …

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• Published on May 31, 2025 - 02:08 GMT

  Attorneys general oppose Trump ban on transgender military service

  SEATTLE — The president’s discriminatory ban on transgender military service members undermines state and national security, attorneys general in 20 states argued in a brief filed in the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Friday. The brief was filed …

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• Published on May 29, 2025 - 20:52 GMT

  CFPB finally disburses checks to Prehired victims following pressure from AGs

  SEATTLE — The federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is finally providing long-delayed restitution to victims of a predatory tech sales program in Washington and other states after their attorneys general pressed the agency for answers in May. …

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• Published on May 28, 2025 - 21:39 GMT

  Washington State Sues Trump Administration to Protect Scientific Research and Education Programs

  SEATTLE — Attorney General Nick Brown today joined a coalition of 15 other attorneys general to file a lawsuit against the Trump administration’s illegal attempts to cut critical National Science Foundation (NSF) programs and funding that help maintain the …

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• Published on May 27, 2025 - 21:22 GMT

  Washington State Urges Court to Uphold Orders Blocking Trump Administration’s Attack on USRAP Refugees

  SEATTLE – Attorney General Nick Brown today joined a coalition of 20 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Pacito v. Trump, supporting a challenge to Executive Order 14163, which indefinitely …

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• Published on May 22, 2025 - 22:05 GMT

  Washington State Wins Court Order Stopping Dismantling of Department of Education

  SEATTLE — Attorney General Nick Brown and a coalition of 20 other state attorneys general today won a court order stopping the Trump administration’s attempts to dismantle the Department of Education. On March 13, the coalition of attorneys general filed a …

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• Published on May 16, 2025 - 19:56 GMT

  Attorney General Brown Joins Bipartisan Letter to Congress Opposing Budget Amendment Prohibiting States from Enforcing Artificial ...

  SEATTLE — Attorney General Nick Brown today joined Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti, New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella, and Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark and 35 other state attorneys …

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