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WA settles with large, national property management company accused of charging military service members unfair housing fees

On the heels of a $1.4 million settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), property management company Greystar reached an agreement with the Washington Attorney General’s Office (AGO) to resolve allegations the company violated state and federal laws protecting military service members from illegal housing fees.

Washington joins state and local governments opposing EPA’s unsupported attempt to deny that greenhouse gases endanger public health

Washington, along with a coalition of other states and local governments, is opposing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposal to undo its landmark 2009 finding that greenhouse gas emissions endanger public health and welfare by driving climate change.

Last month, the Trump Administration announced its proposal to rescind that 2009 Endangerment Finding, claiming EPA lacks authority to regulate air pollution that contributes to climate change, and eliminate all existing EPA vehicle greenhouse gas emission standards in one fell swoop.

National forests threatened by federal rulemaking, AGs warn

SEATTLE – The U.S. Forest Service should abandon efforts that would open up approximately 45 million acres of national forests to development that would destroy recreation areas and harm local and state economies, according to a multistate comment letter submitted on Friday co-led by Washington Attorney General Nick Brown and California Attorney General Rob Bonta.

Washington joins states supporting D.C.’s challenge to Trump National Guard deployments

SEATTLE – Washington Attorney General Nick Brown today filed an amicus brief in support of D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb’s lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s unlawful deployment of National Guard troops to the District of Columbia.

Brown joined a coalition of 22 attorneys general in asserting that the deployment of National Guard troops without the consent of D.C. is unlawful, unconstitutional, and undemocratic.

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