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Nick Brown

Washington’s AI Task Force delivers policy recommendations to promote innovation and protect individual rights

The Washington State Artificial Intelligence (AI) Task Force released its interim report on Monday, which delivers eight key policy recommendations to the governor and the legislature aimed at balancing the immense potential of AI with the critical need to protect the rights, privacy, and economic well-being of Washingtonians. The AI task force was established by the Legislature and is administered by the Attorney General’s Office.

Washington sues to block abrupt and confusing attempt to illegally restrict SNAP eligibility

Washington Attorney General Nick Brown today joined 21 other attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to stop the federal government from unlawfully cutting off Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for thousands of lawful permanent residents. Brown and the coalition are seeking to block new guidance from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) that wrongly treats several groups of legal immigrants as ineligible for food assistance, including permanent residents who were granted asylum or admitted as refugees.

AG Brown sues over HUD policy that would put more people into homelessness

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is illegally upending supports for tens of thousands of Americans experiencing housing insecurity or homelessness with abrupt changes that will limit access to long-term housing and other services, according to a lawsuit filed today by a coalition of states co-led by Washington Attorney General Nick Brown.