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Nick Brown

Washington one of 21 states suing Trump to protect libraries, museums and other small agency programs

SEATTLE — Attorney General Nick Brown today joined 20 other attorneys general in suing the Trump administration to stop the dismantling of three federal agencies that provide services and funding supporting public libraries and museums, workers, and minority-owned businesses nationwide.

AG Brown co-leads multistate lawsuit against Trump administration for illegal funding cuts and delays to medical and public health research

OLYMPIA — Attorney General Nick Brown co-led today a multistate lawsuit filed against the Trump Administration for its unlawful attempt to disrupt grant funding issued by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). It is the second lawsuit filed by state attorneys general against NIH for cancelled funding.

Washington AG says RealPage and landlords conspired to harm tenants, violate Consumer Protection Act

SEATTLE — The Washington state Attorney General’s Office filed suit in King County Superior Court today against software company RealPage and nine local landlords, alleging that RealPage and its software are central to a conspiracy and unfair competition by certain landlords that resulted in rapidly rising rent prices for their tenants.

WA co-leads multistate suit against HHS, Sec. Kennedy to overturn cuts to public health grants

OLYMPIA — Attorney General Nick Brown today joined a coalition of 24 states in filing a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., for abruptly and illegally terminating $11 billion in critical public health grants to the states.

AG Brown opposes White House elimination of regulations implementing nation’s bedrock environmental law

OLYMPIA — Attorney General Nick Brown led a coalition of 19 attorneys general opposing the Council of Environmental Quality (CEQ)’s interim final rule that repeals its regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). NEPA, written by former Washington Senator Henry M. “Scoop” Jackson, established the nation’s bedrock environmental law requiring the federal government to study environmental impacts before taking significant actions.

CONSUMER ALERT: Washingtonians data privacy rights following the 23andMe bankruptcy

OLYMPIA — Following 23andMe’s recent bankruptcy filing, the Attorney General’s Office reminds Washingtonians of their right to genetic data privacy and ability to request data deletion. 23andMe is a direct-to-consumer genetic testing company that collects and analyzes individual’s sensitive and unique genetic information.