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Nick Brown

AG’s office secures guilty pleas, sentence of 43.5 months in prison for prolific poacher

The AG’s office secured a guilty plea to seven felonies and a sentence of 43.5 months in prison for Ronald Livermore, a prolific poacher previously convicted of animal abuse. According to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, this is the longest agreed recommendation for an illegal hunting sentencing in almost a decade. 

Washington secures court order to enforce ruling that requires FEMA to restore billions in disaster mitigation funding

Attorney General Nick Brown and a multistate coalition today secured a court order requiring the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to take concrete steps to reverse the termination of the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities Program (BRIC) and restore billions in funding to communities relying on the program. 

O’Reilly will pay $5.6M for widespread denial of pregnancy and nursing accommodations to Washington workers

Women across Washington who alleged discrimination and retaliation related to their pregnancies while working for O’Reilly Auto Parts stores, and the distribution center in Puyallup, will receive compensation under a $5.6 million consent decree between the employer and the State of Washington.

AG Brown asks appeals court to reject Department of Energy’s order to revive the TransAlta coal power plant

Attorney General Nick Brown today asked the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to reject an illegal attempt by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to command the reopening of TransAlta’s decommissioned coal power plant in Centralia. 

Additionally, Brown sued DOE in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington alleging the federal agency violated the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) by unlawfully withholding records related to that order to reopen the coal power plant.

Se ha abierto el proceso de reclamos para trabajadores agrícolas bajo el acuerdo con Cornerstone

La Oficina del Procurador General (AGO) ha abierto el proceso de reclamos para los trabajadores agrícolas de Washington que trabajaron en Cornerstone Ranches, Cornerstone Orchards o Cornerstone Farm Management y que podrían tener derecho a recibir una compensación a través de un acuerdo de $1 millón. 

Claims process open for farmworkers under Cornerstone settlement

Se ha abierto el proceso de reclamos para trabajadores agrícolas bajo el acuerdo con Cornerstone

The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) has opened the claims process for Washington farmworkers who worked for Cornerstone Ranches, Cornerstone Orchards, or Cornerstone Farm Management and who may be entitled to receive compensation through a $1 million settlement.