Ceremony follows tough year for police and their families

OLYMPIA – The Washington state Law Enforcement Medal of Honor/Peace Officers’ Memorial ceremony will be held in Olympia on Friday. 

Since 1854, more than 290 law enforcement officers have been killed in the line of duty in Washington state.  In the last year alone, seven officers lost their lives. Several others were seriously injured.

ELLENSBURG – The Attorney General's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) Friday charged Shellene D. Smith with Medicaid fraud. Two counts of First Degree Theft and seven counts of Medicaid False Statement were filed in Kittitas County Court.

According to charging documents, Smith knowingly received Medicaid payments and services for which she was legally ineligible. According to the AG’s Office, Smith illegally received over $29,000 in Medicaid payments and more than $24,000 in medical assistance.

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Se han retirado 7 millones de cunas de baranda móvil del mercado.

Si tiene una cuna de baranda móvil, revise la página de Web www.cpsc.gov para ver si se ha retirado su cuna del mercado. Si se retiró la cuna, cuidadosamente, siga las instrucciones.

State government’s chief lawyer says court loss would invite ballot fraud

WASHINGTON, DC – Laws granting access to government records are constitutional, and the public’s right to double-check election officials and signature gatherers should be upheld.

That’s part of the case Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna took to the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, as he defended the latest challenge to Washington state’s Public Records Act.

Attorney General’s Office sues Performance Nissan and Kia for misleading sales and advertising practices

EVERETT – The Attorney General’s Office is suing the owner of two Everett dealerships for misleading sales and advertising practices that resulted in consumers paying higher prices for vehicles.

Company accused of duping Jaycees chapters and donors

SEATTLE – A for-profit fundraiser that solicited donations for Jaycees chapters and other charities throughout Western Washington, as well as fake charities, will no longer solicit donations under a settlement with the Washington Attorney General’s Office.

Argues for state’s public disclosure act on April 28

OLYMPIA—Secretary of State Sam Reed will join Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna in Washington, DC, at the end of the month as McKenna argues his third US Supreme Court case, defending the constitutionality of Washington’s voter-approved public records law.

John Mulinski faces separate criminal charges in King County

SEATTLE – A Covington contractor agreed to resolve concerns of consumers who complained that work they were promised and paid for was never performed.

Olympia - Attorney General Rob McKenna today announced Washington has filed suit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to prevent the federal Department of Energy (DOE) from irrevocably terminating the Yucca Mountain radioactive waste repository by withdrawing “with prejudice” its license application for the repository.

Special to the Everett Herald
By Rob McKenna

A troubling trend is affecting teens in Washington and around the country -- a trend that most parents do not even know about. More and more young people are abusing prescription drugs and over-the-counter cough medicines in surprising numbers, not realizing that seeking that next "high" could bring them and their families to a new low.