Attorney General Nick Brown on Friday joined a coalition of 20 states in suing the Trump administration over its unlawful policy imposing a $100,000 fee on new H-1B visa petitions. The H-1B visa program allows employers to petition for high-skilled foreign workers to temporarily fill positions in specialty occupations, including physicians, researchers, nurses, and other vital workers, in order to alleviate nationwide labor shortages.

Court order requires Trump administration to reverse illegal shutdown of the FEMA BRIC program
 
Washington and a multistate coalition today won their lawsuit against the Trump administration over its unlawful attempt to shut down the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) bipartisan Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program, designed to protect communities from natural disasters before they strike.  
 

Attorney General Nick Brown and a coalition of 18 attorneys general Monday won their lawsuit against the Trump administration’s unlawful order to freeze the development of wind energy projects. 

Attorney General Nick Brown announced that new instructions are available to help eligible consumers receive payment from a $700 million settlement the AG’s office and a coalition of 52 other attorneys general reached with Google in 2023.

(15 de diciembre de 2025: se actualizaron las citas de April Sims, presidenta del Consejo Laboral del Estado de Washington, y de Danielle Alvarado).

El procurador general de Washington, Nick Brown, se ha asociado con la Senadora Rebecca Saldaña (D-Seattle) y la Representante Lillian Ortiz-Self (D-Mukilteo) para proponer la Immigrant Worker Protection Act (Ley de Protección a Trabajadores Inmigrantes).

Confluence Health has refunded more than $1.8 million to patients following an investigation by the Attorney General’s Office. The investigation found that Confluence repeatedly failed to refund patients who paid for hospital care but were eligible for charity care. Today, the AG’s office filed an agreement with Confluence that ends the investigation and ensures the hospital system will follow the law going forward.

(Dec. 12, 2025 - updated Washington State Labor Council President April Sims' and Danielle Alvarado's quotes.)

Washington Attorney General Nick Brown has teamed up with Sen. Rebecca Saldaña (D-Seattle) and Rep. Lillian Ortiz-Self (D-Mukilteo) to propose the Immigrant Worker Protection Act.

The proposed legislation (HB 2105, SB 5852) would: