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AG Ferguson urges Acting Attorney General Whitaker to recuse himself from the Mueller investigation in multistate letter

Mueller probe “must proceed free from interference”

OLYMPIA — AG Ferguson today joined a coalition of 18 state attorneys general in urging Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker to recuse himself from Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.

AG Ferguson and Gov. Inslee urge Trump Administration to withdraw rule weakening legal protections for immigrant children

Proposed rule could allow indefinite detention of migrant children

OLYMPIA — In response to a proposed rule relaxing legal protections for migrant children, Attorney General Bob Ferguson and Gov. Jay Inslee submitted a comment letter urging the federal government to withdraw the proposal. Ferguson and Inslee released the following statement:

Washington state files public comments regarding EPA proposal to reverse Clean Power Plan, Gov. Inslee and AG Ferguson issue statement

New rules would cause increased air pollution, potentially thousands more deaths and illnesses every year versus the Clean Power Plan

OLYMPIA — A coalition of 26 state and local governments including Washington state filed a comment letter today challenging the EPA’s proposal to replace the Clean Power Plan with the “Affordable Clean Energy” rule, which would not require significant carbon emission reductions.

AG Ferguson releases statement on President Trump’s intent to end birthright citizenship through executive order

OLYMPIA — Attorney General Bob Ferguson released the following statement on President Trump’s intent to end birthright citizenship in the United States through executive order:

“No matter how much he may want to appeal to the Alt-Right, President Trump can’t alter the Constitution through executive order. If he tries, we will immediately take him to court — and defeat him again.”

AG Ferguson asks court to hold Johnson & Johnson liable for failing to disclose the dangers of its surgical mesh devices

Company concealed risks that can result in devastating health impacts to women

SEATTLE — Attorney General Bob Ferguson today asked a court to rule that Johnson & Johnson misrepresented, and in some cases failed to disclose entirely, serious risks associated with its surgical mesh devices.

Horning Brothers to pay $525,000 to resolve civil rights lawsuit brought by attorney general over sexual harassment of agricultural workers

Believed to be largest civil rights resolution for Washington state ever

SPOKANE — Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced today that Horning Brothers, LLC, a Quincy-based agricultural company, will pay $525,000 in a civil rights enforcement action claiming sexual harassment of multiple female agricultural workers, discriminatory hiring and sex-segregated employment practices and retaliation against workers who reported the improper conduct.

AG Ferguson announces major milestones in initiative to eliminate no-poach clauses nationwide, files lawsuit against Jersey Mike’s

Initiative extends beyond fast-food industry as Valvoline, Anytime Fitness, Planet Fitness, Circle K and others agree to eliminate no-poach clauses nationwide

SEATTLE — Attorney General Bob Ferguson today filed a lawsuit against national restaurant chain Jersey Mike’s after it refused to remove no-poach clauses from its franchise contracts.

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