Other LanguagesStatement of Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson on preliminary court ruling on Obama Administration immigration policy
Vows to fight on, leading states in support of Administration’s appeal
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Attorney General’s proposal to raise smoking age passes House Health Care Committee with bipartisan vote
SEATTLE — Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s agency-request bill to raise the state’s legal smoking age to 21 passed a key legislative hurdle today. The House Health Care & Wellness Committee approved the bill in a bipartisan 12 to 3 vote.
Restaurant owner in Pierce County charged with faking injury to collect benefits
This release is compliments of the Washington State Dept. of Labor & Industries
TUMWATER — A Spanaway woman has been charged with stealing more than $56,000 in injured worker benefits while operating a barbecue eatery.
Susan Kathleen Ruiz claimed she was too disabled from an on-the-job injury to work, yet managed Roadside BBQ in the Parkland-Spanaway area of Pierce County for more than a year and a half, according to court documents filed by the Washington Attorney General.
AG sends Notice of Endangerment and Intent to Sue to U.S. Dept. of Energy and its contractors to protect workers from hazardous Hanford tank vapors
After 20 years and many reports and studies, federal government still not adequately protecting Hanford workers
Attorney General’s Office presents argument defending rules requiring pharmacies to fill lawful prescriptions
Stormans case to be argued in federal Ninth Circuit court Thursday
PORTLAND, Ore. — This week, the Attorney General’s Office will defend rules requiring pharmacies to fill lawful prescriptions for time-sensitive medications.
On Thursday, Nov. 20, at 2 p.m. in Portland, Ore., the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals will hear argument in the case of Stormans v. Wiesman, in which a pharmacy owner and two pharmacists challenge Washington rules requiring pharmacies to fill lawful prescriptions.
Spokane County jury sends dangerous sex offender to Special Commitment Center
Sex offender stashed rape kit near Gonzaga University, wrote about plans to rape and dismember adult store clerk
SPOKANE — A Spokane County jury has decided that repeat sex offender Shawn Botner is a dangerous predator and must be confined in the State’s Special Commitment Center on McNeil Island.
Gov. Inslee announces appointment of Gretchen Leanderson to Pierce County Superior Court
OLYMPIA – Gov. Jay Inslee today announced that he is appointing Gretchen Leanderson to Pierce County Superior Court. Leanderson has served in the Washington State Office of the Attorney General since 1988 where she is currently the Division Chief of the AG’s Tacoma Division.
After AGO contacts Shriners Hospital, it extends health benefits nationwide to same-sex spouses
New Shriners health benefits policy effective Jan. 1, 2015
SPOKANE — After being contacted by the Washington State Attorney General’s Office (AGO), Shriners Hospitals for Children agreed that it will extend health benefits to same-sex spouses of its employees nationwide in states recognizing marriage equality. This new health care policy is effective Jan. 1, 2015.
AG Ferguson joins effort to protect key piece of Affordable Care Act
OLYMPIA — Attorney General Bob Ferguson today joined a “friend of the court” brief opposing a lawsuit that threatens health care coverage gains under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
Sea Mar Health Centers to pay $3.35 million in Attorney General’s Office investigation of improper billing
OLYMPIA — Attorney General Bob Ferguson today announced that his office is recovering $3.35 million from Sea Mar Community Health Centers, stemming from allegations Sea Mar improperly billed Medicaid for thousands of dental appointments.
After a two-and-a-half-year investigation, the false claims unit of the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit raised concerns that Sea Mar had overbilled Medicaid more than $3 million for dental services between 2010 and 2014.