TACOMA — A Pierce County Superior Court judge found probable cause to transfer a sex offender to McNeil Island after the Washington Attorney General’s Office filed a petition to prevent his release to the community.

Andrew A. Vejar, 46, was convicted of first-degree rape, first-degree attempted rape and first-degree kidnaping in 1999. He pleaded guilty in May 2023 to three counts of fourth-degree assault against a 22-year-old woman and two minor girls.

State-level protections in place to ensure emergency access to abortions in Washington

SEATTLE — Attorney General Bob Ferguson offers the following statement in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to send the challenge to Idaho’s near-total abortion ban back to lower courts, temporarily allowing emergency abortions to resume:

Pilot will be operational by July of next year, statewide hotline by January 2027

SEATTLE — Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced today the three counties where his office will test a pilot version of its hate crimes hotline. Ferguson will develop and launch the pilot in Clark, King and Spokane counties over the next year.

Land use restrictions unlawfully barred competitors from occupying its former location since 2018

BELLINGHAM — Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced today that, as a result of his investigation, Albertsons has removed illegal land use restrictions that created a food desert by barring a grocery store from going into its former location in Bellingham’s Birchwood neighborhood since 2018.

UPDATE:  This release has been updated to add the appointment of Rep. Travis Couture, R-Allyn.

Task force will meet multiple times per year, submit recommendations in 2026

Sunnyside police unlawfully evicted at least 43 mostly Latinx tenants

OLYMPIA — The Washington State Supreme Court ruled today that Attorney General Bob Ferguson has broad authority to pursue legal action to protect the civil and constitutional rights of Washingtonians.

Funds split equally between Legislature, county and city governments

SEATTLE —  Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced today that the state, city and county governments in Washington state received a $123.34 million lump sum payment from opioid manufacturer Johnson & Johnson. The funds are the latest payments from Ferguson’s litigation against companies that fueled the opioid crisis, and must be split evenly between state and local governments. Ferguson directed the funds must be used to combat the opioid epidemic.

Una trabajadora agrícola denunció que el supervisor la violó repetidamente

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One female farmworker reported the supervisor raped her repeatedly

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