A federal court said on Thursday that it would rule for Washington, 20 other states, and the District of Columbia, turning back an unlawful attempt by the Trump administration to pressure health care providers into ending transgender health care for youth with gender dysphoria.
 
In an oral statement following yesterday’s hearing, U.S. District Judge Mustafa Kasubhai said he would grant the states’ motion for summary judgment with a written order to follow.
 

Coalition of states, counties, and cities across the country mount legal challenge in opposition to EPA’s unlawful rollback   

Attorney General Nick Brown led a coalition of 12 other attorneys general today in calling on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to rescind a Trump administration policy that significantly weakens federal environmental enforcement. 

In a letter to EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, the coalition warns that EPA’s December 2025 “Compliance First” memo discourages compliance, creates bureaucratic bottlenecks, and allows polluters to skirt accountability, while ignoring the effects of pollution on public health and the environment. 

Attorney General Nick Brown and 15 other state attorneys general filed a motion on Tuesday asking a federal court to enforce its previous order requiring the U.S. Department of Education to halt the unlawful discontinuation of congressionally approved school mental health grants. 

Whether a construction project qualifies as a “public work” and is subject to public works procurement and prevailing wage laws is a highly fact-specific inquiry. Relevant factors include whether the project receives substantial government funding, whether it has a public purpose, whether it is constructed on public land, whether a government entity maintains or eventually obtains ownership of the project, and whether the project requires the simultaneous use of public property.

March 9, 2026

Attorney General Nick Brown joined a coalition of state attorneys general urging the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to withdraw a proposal that would effectively freeze future federal funding for electric vehicle charging infrastructure by imposing an unworkable and unreasonable requirement that they be made entirely with U.S. components.

Attorney General Nick Brown today released the following statement after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit largely upheld a lower court order blocking the Trump administration’s illegal effort to categorically freeze trillions of dollars in essential federal funding to states:

Senior tenants who lived at certain properties managed by FPI will receive compensation and see their properties improved as part of a $7 million settlement between the state of Washington, California-based property management company FPI Management, and the owners of five low-income apartment complexes in Western Washington. 

For more than two decades, Sunshine Week has raised awareness about the importance of transparency in government. This year, the Attorney General’s Office celebrates its success in processing a record number of public records requests and a commitment for further improvement in open government practices in Washington. 

Attorney General Nick Brown and a coalition of 15 other attorneys general filed a lawsuit challenging unlawful actions by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), including threats to withhold funding from state and local fair housing enforcement agencies for abiding by state laws.
 
These actions threaten to weaken fair housing enforcement across the country and undermine states’ ability to ensure equal access to housing. If unchallenged, discrimination in housing is almost certain to increase.