OLYMPIA — Attorney General Bob Ferguson today announced that affiliated health care providers, Providence Health & Services and Swedish Health Services, will pay more than $1.4 million as a result of an investigation by the Attorney General’s Office. Providence and Swedish failed to disclose use of a pathology lab that was out-of-network for many of their patients, resulting in hundreds of thousands of dollars in unexpected charges for more than 6,400 Washingtonians who received pathology testing in 2015 and 2016.

Attorney General Bob Ferguson today announced he will join a multistate coalition to sue the Trump Administration over its decision to include a question about citizenship status in the 2020 U.S. Census.

OLYMPIA — A three-judge state court of appeals panel today ruled that local jurisdictions have the authority to ban marijuana sales, agreeing with Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s arguments and a 2014 Attorney General Opinion.

OLYMPIA — Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a consumer protection lawsuit today against CLA Estate Services, Inc. and CLA USA, Inc. for operating a “trust mill” by misleading hundreds of Washington seniors about estate planning, and persuading them to purchase high-commission insurance products.