Washington Attorney General Nick Brown, together with attorneys general from 13 other states, has launched a public service announcement (PSA) campaign paid for by the Gift Card Fraud Prevention Alliance aimed at protecting consumers from the growing threat of gift card scams.

This collaborative bipartisan effort comes as millions of Americans prepare to redeem gift cards received during the holiday season—a prime opportunity for scammers to target unsuspecting individuals.

The U.S. Department of Education acted unlawfully by abruptly discontinuing previously approved grants to fund extra mental health professionals in K-12 schools, a federal judge ruled in a multistate lawsuit led by Washington Attorney General Nick Brown.

Almost a year after Washington state finally eliminated its backlog of untested sexual assault kits, the Attorney General’s Office has released the latest report from the Sexual Assault Forensic Examination (SAFE) Best Practices Advisory Group detailing how the backlog was addressed and making further policy recommendations to support victims and survivors.

A federal judge today ordered the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to preliminarily halt changes to its Continuum of Care grant program—the largest resource for federal homelessness assistance funding—after a coalition of states argued in court that the changes were illegal and would leave tens of thousands of people around the country without a place to live.

Attorney General Nick Brown has chosen veteran open government advocate Morgan Damerow to lead the office’s new Public Records and Open Government Unit.
 

Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson, Attorney General Nick Brown, and Ecology Director Casey Sixkiller released a joint statement today in response to the Trump administration’s 11^th-hour efforts to prevent the TransAlta power plant in Centralia from ceasing coal power generation at the end of this year.

“Under the guise of ‘emergency powers,’ U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright is attempting to force Washington state’s dirtiest power plant to continue burning coal. Let’s be clear: there’s no emergency here.

Washington Attorney General Nick Brown today co-led a multistate coalition in suing the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) for unlawfully suspending two bipartisan grant programs for electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure that would reduce pollution, expand access to clean vehicles, and create thousands of jobs.

Hyundai and Kia will provide restitution to consumers and fixes to eligible vehicles under a settlement reached by Attorney General Nick Brown and 35 other state attorneys general for the automakers’ sale of millions of vehicles nationwide that lacked industry-standard, anti-theft technology.

This failure resulted in an epidemic of car thefts and joy riding across the country that continues to threaten public safety. Under the settlement, Hyundai and Kia have agreed to:

Attorney General Nick Brown today released the following statement after a federal judge blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to penalize states with millions of dollars in fines related to their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) operations: